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Herbert the Praying Mantis

Herbert the Praying Mantis

This is Herbert my Praying Mantis! When I first found him he was tiny, and about to be a feast to a troop of ants! He has slowly been shedding his skins, and gr...
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This is Herbert my Praying Mantis! When I first found him he was tiny, and about to be a feast to a troop of ants! He has slowly been shedding his skins, and growing. He loves posing for photos and eating flies!
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camera

NIKON D3200

settings

settings

Aperture f/16.0 ISO 1600 Shutter 1/13

upload_date

upload_date

Oct, 2014

Views

1417

Likes

+112

Awards

Contest Finalist in Dodho Volume 3 Photo Contest

Peer Award

+31

Superb Composition

+13

Top Choice

+10

Absolute Masterpiece

+6

Outstanding Creativity

+1

Superior Skill

Magnificent Capture

All Star

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

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Categories

Macro
Nature

Awww Herbert is soo cute ...Congrats! ")

Fantastic shot, Nice to meet you Herbert :)

Thank you! :)

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