Congratulations Christopher Miller
Friendly Praying Mantis
I had a very interesting experience with this praying mantis. I had been outside photographing and came inside to discover this praying mantis on my shirt! I think he must have really wanted his picture taken! Of course, I obliged and spent several minutes photographing him once I got him off my shirt and back outside. Any C&C are welcome!
Olympus SP-550 UZ
f4.5 1/60, ISO 100, -0.3 EV
Aperture priority mode, pattern metering, cloudy WB
Processed in PS CS2; rotated to straighten the image, cropped, noise reduction, some selective sharpening, curves adjustments, and slight saturation boost