Still there.

[HansE]

I said to Kevin I wasgoing to take a picture of a mantis but it was too windy. Still there today so I did a hand held picture of him/her. I am sure this would have been better on a tripod. At least he sat still even I I wasn't.

[kevinj]

Nice job,the background makes him stand out,good DOF and nice and sharp.I`ve never used a tripod/monopod for macro,takes to long to set up,the bugs usually scarper pretty quickly.My lens having IS makes a huge difference,I can get sharp images @ 1/40 of a sec at a push.

[HansE]

I could have pushed it a bit1/00 at 5.6 iso 160 88mm on 70-200. Could have got a little more DOF
Interesting how the R showed exectly where the focus was I had trouble putting it where I wanted it.

[Isac]

I got a crooked neck looking at it so I flipped it to put him on the level.
I quite often have trouble putting it where I want it Hans

[HansE]

Not as good as we once were that's for sure!

[Isac]

Nice colours in this one Hans. Good detail too. Good catch and well done for your patience.

[Grumpy John]

Is you "d" key broken Isac?

[Isac]

I think it must be - just like your "r" key. It's hard when the " " key is not working. Some ays it's OK and other ays it's not. I on't want to go out just to buy a new one so I'll get one online. It shoul be here in a couple of ays.

[Grumpy John]

Ha Ha, you got me on that one. I find that I do that (drop the "r") quite a bit and don't realise it because the spell checker doesn't pick it up.

[Grumpy John]

I really like this image Hans. Nice colouring and lighting.

[HansE]

Thanks John. It was about 50mm long and is shown as seen on the Iceberg roses.