Thread: Pictures ! Anything goes, it is the camera corner after all !!

G'day All, NM that looks very English countryside LOL cheers Dennis

I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand when I saw this picture on my PC. Didn't know I had captured the mantis. In fact, I didn't see or know there was a mantis ... just saw the fly, focused on it and shot.
I had seen the fly earlier, alive and well, so went into the house, got my camera and came back out to look for it. Saw it moving on a leave, went close in and snapped a few shot.
Then saw the mantis, which only a small one, maybe about 35mm or inch and a bit. Only realised later the bug's head had been partly eaten already.
It's a bug-eat-bug world out there. So if you are having a rough day, remember that, at least, no one is eating your head for breakfast. With that thought in your head, which you still have, have a nice day!



A later shot ...

Awesome shot and awesome luck, maybe we need to start another thread... lucky shots!

Matt.

Originally Posted by inside

Some great pics of yours on Flickr Matt.

Here's one I just took in the backyard. Amazing what you find when you look around, although I'm sure they spotted me before I saw them.

Great photo, we have some Tawny Frogmouths in one of the trees behind our place too. I keep a close watch on them.

Don't you just hate it when some joker's always clowning around in the background when you're having your formal portrait taken?

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Great photo, we have some Tawny Frogmouths in one of the trees behind our place too. I keep a close watch on them.

LOL, took me a few looks to see the one in the middle of the shot. They do a good job at blending in.

We had a family of them at our campsite last Christmas. While not the best photo, I did manage to get a shot of the little fella sitting in his nest-

Keeping this thread alive... Really suprising what b&w can do to a photo, it's addictive.

Originally Posted by PSi

Don't you just hate it when some joker's always clowning around in the background when you're having your formal portrait taken?

I was going to say 'I hope you followed the camera shot with a shot gun blast", but then I noticed you are not in Aus, so maybe they are native, they are almost considered flying rats over here.




Martyn