macro junkie
Dead Leaf Mantis
i have known this for some time now and i use it to my advantage,When i 1st started shooting mantids i thought it was somthing to do with light making them bigger..Now i know thats not the case.When u put mantids in the dark for min of 4 hours there eyes are dark.To the point that my orhid mantid has pure white eyes.Putting her in dark for few hours makes her have deap pink eyes..I wil show u that later in another thread im going to start..
Check how small its black pupils are..So shooting face on i get a pic like this
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Then come down a bit so the mantids purpils like like its totaly in the middle of its eyes..dead center!
more exsamples
Now cheack this out..dark period for 6 hours then shot as above u can get some real great shots that looks spooky.
Check how small its black pupils are..So shooting face on i get a pic like this
No editing was done on these pics!
Then come down a bit so the mantids purpils like like its totaly in the middle of its eyes..dead center!
more exsamples
Now cheack this out..dark period for 6 hours then shot as above u can get some real great shots that looks spooky.
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Really cool to see the effect of the 'pupils' from different angles 
