New Idolo babies!

[papilio_]

As a reminder, here's my adult male Idolomantis diabolica,






I just got five tiny new L1 babies from Precarious! They're super tough to photograph well, extremely black and shiny. Besides the 16-inch beauty dish diffuser on the studio strobe, I surrounded the mantis with three mirrors to soften the light more.

 

[mushroom]

Very cute babies. They look almost metallic. Awesome photos!

 

[Precarious]

They came out great! Which reminds me, I need to get some new photos and footage before they molt...

 

[LAME]

I agree, incredible photos buddy.

 

[MantidBro]

awesome shots dude!!

 

[MikhailsDinos]

Stunning shots!

 

[Bloodtkr]

Excellent... Now I know what mine look like. They're so tiny I can't see them ; )

 

[papilio_]

Very cute babies. They look almost metallic. Awesome photos!

Thank you muchroom!

They came out great! Which reminds me, I need to get some new photos and footage before they molt...

Thanks Precarious! I'm happy with how they turned out, as you well know these are hard to make look good! This was actually my second shoot ... when I got to checking the first set of images I noticed that the nymph I used the first time had a broken antenna and a bunch of lint from the Q-tip I used to coax it out of the cup.

I agree, incredible photos buddy.

Thank you LAME!

awesome shots dude!!

Thanks a lot MantidBro!

Stunning shots!

Thanks MikhailsDinos!

Excellent... Now I know what mine look like. They're so tiny I can't see them ; )

Thank you Bloodtkr! I know, not much to see with the naked eye!

 

[dmina]

Excellent... Now I know what mine look like. They're so tiny I can't see them ; )

Ditto...

Amazing photo's Michael... stunning, breathtaking... I can't wait for next years Mantid Forum Calendar!

http://mantidforum.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=33803&hl=calendar Tammy's gonna have a tough job...

Thanks for sharing... I can't wait for the next molt...

 

[Jay]

It is amazing how the intricate details of the body are so visible at L2.