This is really not a very good picture (totally over-exposed which I didn't realize until it was too late!), but I was so excited to see this fellow crawling along the ground at our friends' home that I had to attempt a shot. Of course, my friends now think I'm certifiably crazy but it was exciting to have the opportunity to take a snap of one the insect world's strangest looking bugs!
@cimes1 Thank you Carole and thank you so much for the fav!! @salza Thanks Sally! @tuya Thank you Claire! lol They understood once I explained the 365 Project! @gerry Thank you Gerry! @archaeofrog Thank you Katie! Once I told them about 365, they understood my enthusiasm!
@bkbinthecity Thank you Brian! I would not even have noticed him but while we were eating lunch he crawled out from hiding and our host saw him and said, "Oh the Praying Mantis is back!" I jumped right up and got my camera!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick! I was really surprised that this one was not too put off by my camera. He stayed pretty calm unless the camera got too close for comfort and then he would back off a little.
@twr Thank you Timothy! @sangwann Thank you Dione! @alia_801 Thank you Alia! You are right. I think he was thinking, "What is that thing?" @yaorenliu Thank you Yao! Yes, he was definitely watching me!
@nicolecampbell Thanks Nicole! @janetoner Thanks Jane! lol I don't crawl on the ground- physically I just can't as I've got arthritis in both knees. But I do have a "technique" of putting the camera on the ground and using the focus light to help me aim the camera in the right direction. Of course crawling on the ground would look even more ridiculous, but the camera on the ground method raises a few eyebrows too!
Great catch, Ann! Love the shot. It looks like he's climbing up to surface. I love how he's not just green. He's already starting to blend! What a find!! I have yet to see one of those. Now that I have the cardinal, maybe one of these will be my next goal to get. ... And just an FYI - all of us 365ers are certifiable.... You know what lengths we go through to get a shot! lol
@nadaa Thank you Nada! @summerfield Thank you Vikki! Now that I've seen how some of the folks in the camera club used light room to salvage their pictures, I think I'd get advice on how to save this. But it is what it is.
September 19th, 2013
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@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
@salza Thanks Sally!
@tuya Thank you Claire! lol They understood once I explained the 365 Project!
@gerry Thank you Gerry!
@archaeofrog Thank you Katie! Once I told them about 365, they understood my enthusiasm!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick! I was really surprised that this one was not too put off by my camera. He stayed pretty calm unless the camera got too close for comfort and then he would back off a little.
@sangwann Thank you Dione!
@alia_801 Thank you Alia! You are right. I think he was thinking, "What is that thing?"
@yaorenliu Thank you Yao! Yes, he was definitely watching me!
@janetoner Thanks Jane! lol I don't crawl on the ground- physically I just can't as I've got arthritis in both knees. But I do have a "technique" of putting the camera on the ground and using the focus light to help me aim the camera in the right direction. Of course crawling on the ground would look even more ridiculous, but the camera on the ground method raises a few eyebrows too!
@summerfield Thank you Vikki! Now that I've seen how some of the folks in the camera club used light room to salvage their pictures, I think I'd get advice on how to save this. But it is what it is.