Mantis 2

[Grahame Hamblin]

Sorrey about that cropped 50% 100 ml macro f22 comments welcome something is wrong off camera flash

[Julie Kenward]

That's better! It looks rather "flat" (probably the flash not going off?) but I think you could tweak that in pp with a curves adjustment. You got very nice detail and a wonderful head angle (HA). Normally I'd like to see the two front legs entirely in the frame but you've got them all cropped so it doesn't really feel too awkward here.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Grahame,
Very good assesment by Jules on this.....that other front leg would take this up a notch. Don't think you needed that much body on the left....so sacrificing it for the other front claw may have been the ticket! I do wonder if you were able to get around a bit more....so the hind leg wasn't so close to the face that it may also help compositionally. Not the easiest as these guys don't always hang around and pose!