Never been able to find a cooperative one, but this one seemed happy to.
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Finally got a reasonable mantis shot
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CheddarChick
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Sweet!!!
Very nice. Where was this taken?
AndyT
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Great stuff !!
Very nice! Like Mike asked above, where was the shot taken?
DennisW
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Great shot, one day, I'll get a picture of one, too. Thanks for sharing.
caymaniac
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I like it, they are not usually too friendly.
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Thanks for the comments all.
It was taken at one of our muck (silty) dive sites here in Jamaica, 'Cow Bay'.
Surprisingly this one didn't mind having the camera in its face at all. I took a lot of shots with even a few of them being out of focus for getting too close, so I was really in its face. It didn't even flinch. Its eyes were just actively moving around watching me.
On this same dive a dive buddy showed me another that seemed to have been actively hunting some fish in an old broken up fish pot. It didn't mind me either, bit was moving too fast for me to get a shot, darn...
It was taken at one of our muck (silty) dive sites here in Jamaica, 'Cow Bay'.
Surprisingly this one didn't mind having the camera in its face at all. I took a lot of shots with even a few of them being out of focus for getting too close, so I was really in its face. It didn't even flinch. Its eyes were just actively moving around watching me.
On this same dive a dive buddy showed me another that seemed to have been actively hunting some fish in an old broken up fish pot. It didn't mind me either, bit was moving too fast for me to get a shot, darn...
Air One
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Very nice shot and very good job on lighting.
Is this the kind of "smashing" Mantis that could break ( for example) a camera lens ?
Is this the kind of "smashing" Mantis that could break ( for example) a camera lens ?
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I was wondering which type it was. The 'hammer' or the 'spear'. In any case, I didn't leave any fingers too exposed.
When it wouldn't back away not matter how close I got, I thought, "You know what, I have enough photos. Let me just leave it alone now."
When it wouldn't back away not matter how close I got, I thought, "You know what, I have enough photos. Let me just leave it alone now."
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