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Mark Edell
Jan-20-2008, 03:12 PM
What do you do when it's the middle of winter, there are no bugs to be found and you are dying to shoot some Pictures? Well I go to the pet store ask them if I can have one feeder cricket (boy, you should have seen the look when I did that) and bring it home to practice with.

Well, a makeshift studio, two halogen lights, some store bought greenery and a cardboard box later, this is what came of it.





Ahh, I feel better now! :rofl

http://markedell.com/photos/245466886-L-1.jpg
MaineMom
Jan-20-2008, 05:47 PM
I have some laundry that needs to be done... :roflhee hee
~Jayne
Mark Edell
Jan-20-2008, 05:51 PM
I have some laundry that needs to be done... :roflhee hee
~Jayne

LOL, You must have been talking to my wife. She said something similar.
Cuong
Jan-20-2008, 09:52 PM
Beautiful.:thumb

Cuong
Lord Vetinari
Jan-20-2008, 10:06 PM
Good thinking- I like it.
Sometimes think these are more interesting than the mantids people feed them to but wouldn't say that about the lizards :)

Brian V.
garyt
Jan-21-2008, 02:37 AM
Nice job, Mark. Necessity is the mother of invention. Good shot.:clap
Skippy
Jan-21-2008, 03:16 AM
What do you do when it's the middle of winter, there are no bugs to be found and you are dying to shoot some Pictures? Well I go to the pet store ask them if I can have one feeder cricket (boy, you should have seen the look when I did that) and bring it home to practice with.

Well, a makeshift studio, two halogen lights, some store bought greenery and a cardboard box later, this is what came of it.

Ahh, I feel better now! :rofl



What did you do with it after the shoot ??? :D
Well he is probably very very thankful that he didn't become Lizard food.

Nice looking upper body, especially around the head :thumb

Thanks for sharing .... Skippy :D
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Mark Edell
Jan-21-2008, 05:50 AM
What did you do with it after the shoot ??? :D
Well he is probably very very thankful that he didn't become Lizard food.

Nice looking upper body, especially around the head :thumb

Thanks for sharing .... Skippy :D
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Thanks Everyone.
Skippy, I set it free, it earned it.
bchaplin
Jan-21-2008, 09:50 AM
Has anyone every bought a praying mantis as a pet / photography subject? I think this would be a really fun way to learn to take macro shots. I wonder how much work they are to keep, and how much the set-up would cost?

It would be a low-commitment pet, too. Unlike fish, they are supposed to die after a year, right?
Icebear
Jan-21-2008, 10:00 AM
And if it was an underachiever, you could buy a bigger one and feed the looser to the new girl!