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Free-range Mantis
Free-range Mantis
BrennanOB


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Complementary Colors II (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-300D Rebel
Lens: Canon EF 50mm f/1.8 II
Location: Huntington gardens, Pasadena, CA
Date: Oct 1, 2005
Aperture: f/22
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/20
Galleries: Nature, Animals
Date Uploaded: Oct 3, 2005

Walking through the Huntington Grdens in Pasadena, I spotted this Praying Mantis in a Lantana bush. He was very kind and let me switch lenses and take several shots.

Shot in RAW, developed in CL1, pretty much straight, sent to PS,levels, cropped then bumped sat 15% and upped red selectively. USM @ 0,0.5, 150 and saved for web.

Statistics
Place: 163 out of 318
Avg (all users): 5.0762
Avg (commenters): 6.3333
Avg (participants): 4.8333
Avg (non-participants): 5.2810
Views since voting: 1023
Views during voting: 285
Votes: 223
Comments: 6
Favorites: 0


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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/10/2005 05:09:44 PM
i didn't even see it at first. camouflage at work :) great image!
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10/09/2005 11:05:01 AM
I take off 2 points automatically for use of flowers, but luckily for you I add two by default for use of mantises. All other math aside I think you deserve a 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/08/2005 07:14:03 AM
I looked for praying mantis in my youth and rarely found them. You deserve kudos just for finding one but then there is the picture...even better. Great job.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
10/07/2005 06:16:20 PM
great find
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10/06/2005 05:45:17 PM
The lack of focus on the flowers is distracting to me.
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10/05/2005 10:44:25 AM
Not complementary colors.


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