drizzt
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Gongylus gongylodes green, adult female
Idolomantis diabolica, subimago female
Idolomantis diabolica, subimago female
osmotic water spray 3x per dayCool, did you do anything special to get her to turn that green color?
osmotic water spray 3x per day
The studio is something like a wine glass base and I think the main light is *below and behind* the mantis and parhaps also serving as the 'wall washer' for the background if a separate strobe is not used for that. There's also a frontal fill and looks like two diffuse sources from the sides.It looks as though you pose yr mantids on a glass surface, this time a sweet (candy) jar lid. Like Yeatze, though I'd like to know more about yr photo set up. Your main light is diffused, right?
:lol: He won't appreciate that comment!Useful discussion, Grant. I don't think that he used a rim light, though, because of the absence of a "halo".What kind of mantis did you use for yr example pix? Looks like a bit of a mismolt to me!
That makes sense. Good. I always reckon that rim lighting helps to make a figure stand out from the background as happens here, but thought that I was mistaken in this case.:lol: He won't appreciate that comment! Look closer at the source of the shadows (esp. the raptorial spines) and see how evenly and well lit the underside is. You won't see the 'halo' because there is nothing like hair visible (at this magnification of the picture).
Nice halo effect Grant I learn something today! ThanksRim light from below (with diffuse/bounce front fill):
And theres most communal species i ever seen, they even eat flies/crickets togehter without any signs of agressionNice halo effect Grant I learn something today! Thanks
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