Critique Prey Mantis and a few other things....

[Graham]

Hi all, well here we are again with a small selection of things that I have found.

#1, Another Daisy, Held against the light blue ish sky.
I`m not sure which daisy I like best, 1 or 2, I`d like your help please.
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#2 Found this largish Mantis walking across a stony path.. Heres looking at you kid.
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#3 I know I kinda ruined this one with it being on my hand. Cute beetle tho.
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#4 Some of the Pine trees are running wild with this sap, I thought this looked a little "flacid" Taken with the sun shining thru it.
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Thanks for looking and any C&C is most welcome.

 

[Tintin124]

I would again mix the sky in #1 and composition in #2.

But mantis and beetle are nice and sharp and that dew is fantastic.

No underexposed images here

 

[Graham]

I would again mix the sky in #1 and composition in #2.

But mantis and beetle are nice and sharp and that dew is fantastic.

No underexposed images here

Cant have it the way I want it today, we had a very light covering of white cloud so I missed the chance to get that Blue BG I wanted :banghead::banghead::banghead: Both shots were taken against the sky.
I had to use the flash on the Mantis as it was in the shade.
The beetle was on my hand cos I couldnt get a shot of it in the grass :banghead:
The"dew" sap is very strange stuff.
Thanks for your input Bryn.
Crap weather from tomorrow for the rest of the week by the looks of it.

PS, Thanks to bash erm I mean brash pointing me in the direction of Dodge and burn it has helped me a bit in PP.

 

[LCPete]

Love the mantis portrait and the light shining through the sap is really good

 

[ChrisA]

Mantis is real nice. Like the blood nose beetle too