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Those are some really neat photos! I have a Nikon 150mm and Nikon D7100, but my photos are far less sharp :(
 
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viper69 said:
very cool!!!
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Thank you Chris! :D


Forcep said:
Those are some really neat photos! I have a Nikon 150mm and Nikon D7100, but my photos are far less sharp :(
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Thanks a lot Forcep!

Your D7100 is, as I'm sure you know, every bit as sharp as the D800E which I use. Unfortunately these ultra-resolution camera bodies are very demanding, requiring very good glass in front of them in order to shine to their fullest. :)

Another factor is that, even when the full-resolution images of the two cameras appear the same, the full-format camera's image will appear sharper when the two are viewed at the same linear size.
 
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I especially like this backlit image.

Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, L4





I adopted this one from a friend last week ...

Stagmomantis carolina, Carolina Mantis adult


















 
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With all these mantids on pretty and colorful flowers, I have a sneaky feeling the photographer is going to add in a crab spider.. ;)
 
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Very eye-pleasing photos!! I'm gonna subscribe to this thread, very nice specimens and your collection looks to be coming along.

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viper69 said:
With all these mantids on pretty and colorful flowers, I have a sneaky feeling the photographer is going to add in a crab spider.. ;)
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LOL Chris! I suppose that might make for some interesting combats. :eek:

I did find this tiny crab spider on a recent Macro Safari with Chad and several other friends ... it was on Beth's camera lens. :)




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Very eye-pleasing photos!! I'm gonna subscribe to this thread, very nice specimens and your collection looks to be coming along.

-JohnD.
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Thanks a lot John, I'm really enjoying this extension to my inverts hobby! :D






DARN!!! ... I just missed out on getting some Orchid Mantids from Rebecca. :(
I definitely need to find a new species or two for more variety, apologies for all of the redundancy. Well, shouldn't be too long now before the Idolos reach maturity and get their wild colors! :)



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Oh Great and Powerful Idolo!


Pseudocreobotra wahlbergii, L4
Idolomantis diabolica, L5
 
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viper69 said:
Oh man, you fed a mantid to another one!
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LOL No I did NOT!!

It's a focus stack, only one mantis on each image. {D




I wish my Idolos would give me threat poses like the little wahllie!
 
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Haha Yeah I know, mantids are always cuddly like that. :D Seriously it is always amazing to me how sociable they can be with people ... no fear!
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Yeah my D. dessicata is like that. He just walks around on my hand anytime I put it in the container. If I take him out he behaves like normal, no difference at all, he doesn't even care if I move or flip over my hand.
 
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Yeah my D. dessicata is like that. He just walks around on my hand anytime I put it in the container. If I take him out he behaves like normal, no difference at all, he doesn't even care if I move or flip over my hand.
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That's just so cool!

I hate to anthropomorphize, but with mantids it's hard not to. I recently came across this, writing about his Idolo ...

From my experience they are smarter than people give them credit for. Mine freak people out, there will be a conversation going on and it will sit still and turn its head to whoever is talking like he's following the conversation - even people that are 10+ feet away. And it will head-bob at people sometimes and if you do it back even once he will try his hardest to get you to again even in a room full of people!




BTW, I don't know why I didn't notice it until I shot some macros of one of my Idolos but as of the last molt (L5) it suddenly has these wonderful antennae! So it turns out I'll have a pair to attempt to breed. :)

Idolomantis diabolica, L5 male
 
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That's just so cool!

I hate to anthropomorphize, but with mantids it's hard not to. I recently came across this, writing about his Idolo ...

From my experience they are smarter than people give them credit for. Mine freak people out, there will be a conversation going on and it will sit still and turn its head to whoever is talking like he's following the conversation - even people that are 10+ feet away. And it will head-bob at people sometimes and if you do it back even once he will try his hardest to get you to again even in a room full of people!




BTW, I don't know why I didn't notice it until I shot some macros of one of my Idolos but as of the last molt (L5) it suddenly has these wonderful antennae! So it turns out I'll have a pair to attempt to breed. :)

Idolomantis diabolica, L5 male
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Well, to be fair they're probably smarter than some people :)
Awesome picture, I love those crazy Idolo antennae.
 
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