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September 15, 2012
7:55 pm

Mandrake

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A praying mantis.
Nikon D5100,
55mm with kit 18-55mm lens
f/6.3
1/160 sec
ISO-200
No fill flash or other artificial lighting
Post processing with Photoshop Elements 10.

For full Size click this image:

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September 15, 2012
11:37 pm

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This is very nice! I like DoF, sharpness and clean composition. Did you crop the original image a bit?

September 16, 2012
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Thanks for your comment, Oksana. Actually, there was very little cropping needed as I took the shot at minimal focal distance. The original photo, however, was quite bland and needed a good deal of post processing with PSE to enhance color and contrast.

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September 17, 2012
4:55 pm

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Now that I’ve learned how to reply and also include a photo, here is the original of Mantis. As you can see, PSE did a great job of enhancing the file. Now that I have had a second look, it does appear that I cropped at about 50%.