Surprise in my garden
Oct 16, 2011 15:08:33 #
Taking a walk in my garden this afternoon and just happened to look closely at the berries on this bush... ran inside to grab my camera! Feel free to comment and make suggestions, but I was just thrilled to come up on this fortuitous moment!
Oct 16, 2011 22:26:44 #
Nicely done shot of this cute little mantis! Beautiful colors, focus and a rare catch. Does anyone see walking sticks any more. When I was a kid one place we camped had lots of them. It's the only time I ever saw them. I'm wondering if they still exist :-).
Oct 16, 2011 22:28:18 #
Oct 16, 2011 22:35:14 #
Yeah, Walking Sticks still exist, but as we get older I think we just don't notice things like we once did. Besides, that's why they call them "walking sticks", because they blend in so well and are not at all noticeable.
Oct 16, 2011 23:10:35 #
Kathi wrote:
Taking a walk in my garden this afternoon and just happened to look closely at the berries on this bush... ran inside to grab my camera! Feel free to comment and make suggestions, but I was just thrilled to come up on this fortuitous moment!
Nice shots, I like the colors. I found a large mantis the other day on a bush in my front yard so I got out my 200mm macro lense and took this shot after which I added the tag line.
She looks angry but she was quite friendly
Oct 17, 2011 01:42:49 #
Lmarc wrote:
Yeah, Walking Sticks still exist, but as we get older I think we just don't notice things like we once did. Besides, that's why they call them "walking sticks", because they blend in so well and are not at all noticeable.
Yes they do blend in. It was funny, on that trip once we found one we found a number of them. Guess our attention became directed into that mode. I just remembered I once had a boss whose name was O. K.
Walkingstick. (This is not a joke) I don't know what the OK stood for. He was American Indian so I guess that helps explain the cool last name.
Oct 17, 2011 23:16:16 #
mommy115 wrote:
Nicely done shot of this cute little mantis! Beautiful colors, focus and a rare catch. Does anyone see walking sticks any more. When I was a kid one place we camped had lots of them. It's the only time I ever saw them. I'm wondering if they still exist :-).
Did you see the post of mine with the male and female walking stick on the rose bush...I think it was posted under the topic "Camo" and was of camoflouged ( whatever) insects....I see one or two a season here in Central Tx. Linda Morton...
Oct 17, 2011 23:18:10 #
evandr wrote:
Nice shots, I like the colors. I found a large mantis the other day on a bush in my front yard so I got out my 200mm macro lense and took this shot after which I added the tag line.
Kathi wrote:
Taking a walk in my garden this afternoon and just happened to look closely at the berries on this bush... ran inside to grab my camera! Feel free to comment and make suggestions, but I was just thrilled to come up on this fortuitous moment!
Nice shots, I like the colors. I found a large mantis the other day on a bush in my front yard so I got out my 200mm macro lense and took this shot after which I added the tag line.
Hmmm! I bet she was measuring the distance for shooting you with her icky bloody looking Eye liquid...lol...It is an awesome shot tho...I love taking pics of them...Linda Morton
Oct 17, 2011 23:20:28 #
Kathi wrote:
Taking a walk in my garden this afternoon and just happened to look closely at the berries on this bush... ran inside to grab my camera! Feel free to comment and make suggestions, but I was just thrilled to come up on this fortuitous moment!
Kathi...these are really nice pics of the little mantis...they are fun to take pics of if you don't fool around too much with them...They can fly at a heart beat and scare the fool out of you...lol...
Oct 18, 2011 03:41:33 #
mortonfarm wrote:
quote=mommy115 Nicely done shot of this cute litt... (show quote)
How would I go about finding that topic? I would love to see them.
Oct 18, 2011 08:43:13 #
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