Mantid Strikes compilation

[Domanating]

This is a compilation I made from a great number of clips I took of my Mantis religiosas catching their prey. Most of them, which are of better quality, were filmed in 2013.

Hope you enjoy

 

[HungryGhost]

Well done!!!

 

[MandellaMandy123]

Very nicely done! And the music is so great - it often matches up with when the mantis strikes. This must have taken you a lot of time.

I like the one at 2:05 best. It looks so clumsy! :lol:

~Wolfie

 

[Krissim Klaw]

Now you need a video fo all the outtakes. Or maybe it is just my mantises that seem to have some epic fails when going after their food.

 

[Extrememantid]

Nice .. This is a fairly aggressive species especially as adults I've noticed lol.. Even the males are fairly aggressive

 

[Sticky]

Epic fails? He should have come to my house! One of my big ladies would see the food in one direction and strike another! Then proceed to eat it when it was not there! Do they make glasses for praying mantids?

 

[I_love_mantids]

it's a horror movie for Orthoptera!

 

[devetaki9]

Nice job!

 

[Domanating]

Thank you all! There are just 2 fail strikes in that video

Better than nothing

 

[Digger]

Really nice little production (and a lot of work!). I've been doing pro-am photography for decades and would love to dip my toe into video. But I think I'm too old for the learning curve (particularly editing). Really impressed how you edited the soundtrack to emphasize the action.

 

[Domanating]

Really nice little production (and a lot of work!). I've been doing pro-am photography for decades and would love to dip my toe into video. But I think I'm too old for the learning curve (particularly editing). Really impressed how you edited the soundtrack to emphasize the action.

Thank you

This type of video editing is actually pretty straightforward and easy to learn. You just need the software to be able to work on it.

The soundtrack was not edited. I just arranged and the clips in a way to coincide with the hot spots of the music.

 

[zGhost]

Nice work Domanating.