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Mantis Reach

Mantis Reach

Found her outside in the garden and I didn't want to see a mantis get sprayed so I brought her inside to the pot plant....
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Found her outside in the garden and I didn't want to see a mantis get sprayed so I brought her inside to the pot plant.
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camera

NIKON D600

settings

settings

Aperture f/16 ISO 400 Shutter 1/1 Focal Length 100/1

upload_date

upload_date

Mar, 2016

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32

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Awards

Absolute Masterpiece

Peer Award

Outstanding Creativity

Categories

Macro
Nature

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