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Behind The Lens

Location

I was letting my dogs out one night and when I opened the door to the back porch, this guy was waiting there on the railing.

Time

Night time around 9pm. Eastern time.

Lighting

I had the porch light on but it lit up the house behind him so I shut that off and used the flash to light up its face.

Equipment

Just my camera. No attachments. Canon t3i

Inspiration

I am fascinated with praying mantis. They look like aliens to me and I'm obsessed with aliens.

Editing

No real post process here. Just turned up the black behind him so he sticks out.

In my camera bag

Canon t3i with my 18-135 lens and a 50mm 1.8fs. And a add on flash.

Feedback

Take as many photos as possible. Learn to manually use your settings. Snap snap snap. Bring your camera everywhere.

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