Stagmomantis Limbata

[yeatzee]

I thought I along with hopefully more members could share some pictures we have of this awesome species.....

Some I took today. (straight out of the camera for all you photographers out there :lol: )

Im using my humble Pentax K200d and sigma 105mm macro. I've got a long way to go

 

[wuwu]

very nice work!

 

[Pelle]

Nice pics!

 

[yeatzee]

Thank you Pelle and wuwu!

Ha, I should have put up the ones that are watermarked to make it look more official

 

[Peter Clausen]

Nice to see so much appreciation for this native US species on the forum, recently! I've never noticed the light blue upper lip. I wonder if any of my nymphs have that? It's always interesting to see close-ups.

 

[yeatzee]

Nice to see so much appreciation for this native US species on the forum, recently! I've never noticed the light blue upper lip. I wonder if any of my nymphs have that? It's always interesting to see close-ups.

Sure is.....I could look at close ups of mantids all day

I do love this species though......incredibly veracious (sp?) predators.... believe me!

 

[Rick]

Those are some great pics.

 

[yeatzee]

Thanks Rick.

I'm hoping macrojunkie shows up to give me some constructive criticism because I just checked his flickr and im in awe :blink:

Any one else with stagmomantis pictures they want to share fill free to post em here

 

[kamakiri]

Good work and glad to see you're taking more pics!

Just one suggestion for the last two pics you posted which appeared a little dark to me.

Check your exposure/histogram...this is the original shot:

This is adjusted (obviously in post):

But if you see a dark histogram when shooting, adjust your settings and re-shoot. You're much better off if you get the exposure right in-camera, and if not, then fixing in post can help.

 

[yeatzee]

As soon as I took the pictures I uploaded them on here so like I said they are straight from the camera. They have all since been edited.... believe me im not that much of a noob I'll change the pictures in my original post with the new ones when I get a chance.

 

[superfreak]

theyre fantastic hehe...everythings better with bluetooth...

 

[revmdn]

Real nice.

 

[yeatzee]

Thanks guys

 

[yeatzee]

My lone male nymph:

and one of my L2's

 

[yen_saw]

Wonderful pics Yeatzee! i have couple of S. carolina pics, not as sharp as yours though, and with "bright" background opsss...

 

[yeatzee]

Its hard to get sharp pics of mantids because more often than not (atleast for me) they can't sit still. I suggest highly that you shoot outside more...all the shots I have posted besides the one of my lone male were done outside. Its much harder to get a good inside shot compared to a good outside one.

 

[kamakiri]

My yellow limbata 'Mandy':

 

[yeatzee]

Nice!

 

[Katnapper]

She's a pretty girl! ^_^ And she's not scared... she's just yella!