MEB Posted September 3, 2009 Share #1 Posted September 3, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) This attractive youny lady landed on my car and would not leave until I took at least 1/2 dozen photos. She is a teenager. For some reason these critters love my car. Last year a mature one over 6 inches long landed on my hood (bonnet for British our cousins) and also refused to leave. M8 with Zeiss 50mm f/2.0 Planar. Mark B (East Lansing, Michigan) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pauledell Posted September 4, 2009 Share #2 Posted September 4, 2009 Mark, An absolutely stunning capture with exceptional sharpness and composition. Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
luigi bertolotti Posted September 4, 2009 Share #3 Posted September 4, 2009 Fantastic shot into an unusual environment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
vdb Posted September 4, 2009 Share #4 Posted September 4, 2009 Stunning indeed. And she is checking you out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StFreud Posted September 4, 2009 Share #5 Posted September 4, 2009 Mark, a fantastic shot. Now the aliens are landed. Stefan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srutkay74 Posted September 5, 2009 Share #6 Posted September 5, 2009 Tremendous shot... Really impressive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted September 5, 2009 Share #7 Posted September 5, 2009 Advertisement (gone after registration) Mark, A superb photo of a Praying Mantis! I particularly like the detail, tone and reflection. Praying Mantises are cool insects because they don't eat humans - or bite them - but best of all they'll happily eat the green fly off your roses. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aesop Posted September 5, 2009 Share #8 Posted September 5, 2009 ...cool shot - still puzzled as to how you determined it was a teenage girl . Pray tell. . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
farnz Posted September 5, 2009 Share #9 Posted September 5, 2009 ...cool shot - still puzzled as to how you determined it was a teenage girl . Pray tell.. I can't speak for Mark, but it has an ovipositor at the rear, which indicates that she's female and I think they turn green in adulthood so the brown colour probably indicates adolescence. Pete. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEB Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share #10 Posted September 5, 2009 Thank you all for the kind comments. She was posing for me and had no intentions of leaving her post just because I wanted to drive my car. Aesop, I assumed her age due to her size (the adults in my area are twice as large) and color. The young are dead-grass brown and the mature adults are bright green. I assumed that it is a female because I believe that we rarely see the males because the females bite their heads off. (My wife thinks this is quite a reasonable and understandable act under most circumstances...which explains why I have not even mentioned an M9 in her presence). Thanks again everyone, Mark B Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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