Praying Mantis

I was minding my own business filling up the bird feeder and I turned around saw this guy! I think that he's still on my porch. He was very patient during his photo shoot.

Check out another pose:
http://365project.org/tara11/extras/2012-10-10

[Lisa Pouncy]

How do you always seem to manage to get your wild models to look directly at you? Fantastic shot :o) xx

[Kathrin]

Amazing macro!

[cheryl]

great macro!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

They are such cool bugs- usually quite shy so it's great that you got this shot of him. Excellent shot!

[Al Perry]

They are so neat. Great shot.

[Lisabell]

Beautiful shot! So nice of him to pose for you!

[Leana Niemand]

Tara, this is amazing, love the clarity!

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Very nice

[tony j sisti]

This guy is really a ham, just posing right there , like he was on t,.v.!...neat!

[karenann]

Awesome capture .... a FAV!

[Livia]

That's a great pose he has for you! Cool capture. 8)

[debi]

love how he is posing for you....awesome shot Tara!

[Abhijit]

prefer the other one. this would have been great had i not seen the other one :-)

[Tara]

@psychographer @tandem02 @cheribug @olivetreeann @hollandcrew @lisjam1 @leananiemand @catwoman2 @tonyjsisti @myautofocuslife @debihas27 @abhijit Thank you all for stopping by and taking the time to comment. He was a great subject and followed me with his eyes the whole time.
@karenann Thanks for the FAV!

[Thom Mitchell]

Awesome capture, Tara! You caught a classic pose, and looking straight at the camera!

[ladyjane]

Wow, it looks like he's staring you down. Awesome capture.

[Lani 🌺]

Great capture, so cool, he posed perfectly for you :)

[Tara]

@rhoing @ladyjane @lanir Thanks you guys! He was a willing subject.

[Alwyn]

Great shot - perfect focus

[Pyrrhula]

A great find and a wonderful capture. Beautiful pov and dof

[Jane]

Incredible capture... and love the way he his looking at you! ♥

[Jolly]

Beautiful! he looks fearless...

[Dan]

Yep, very nice.

[Anneli Salo]

Awesome!

[Tara]

@alwyn255 @pyrrhula @aromatic @riversdale @yarp @annelis
Thank you all for stopping by. Your kind comments are so appreciated.