Macro Guardian Mantid

Guardian Mantid · **2 Likes**

Found this when I went to check the mail today, it was nearly as curious of me as I was of it.

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**Canada_Rockies** · 07-10-2013, 08:46 PM

Good capture. Did he take a finger as entry fee to the mail box?

**crewl1** · 07-10-2013, 09:57 PM

That's a tough looking bug. Our PM's are more delicate looking around here.

slowpez · 07-11-2013, 07:30 AM

Looks to be straight out of Star Wars.

mickey · 07-12-2013, 06:51 AM

Like the composition.
How close did you get to take the photo?

daacon · 07-12-2013, 07:22 AM

Indeed alien like a nice shot.

Nightwatch · 07-17-2013, 04:21 PM

Thank you for the comments

Originally posted by mickey

Like the composition.
How close did you get to take the photo?

I was able to get quite close to it. The working distance on the Sigma 50mm Maco is quite short (Something I hope to remedy one of these days with a larger macro) so I was easily within an inch or 2 of this Mantid.

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07-10-2013, 08:46 PM	#2
Canada_Rockies Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sparwood, BC, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 12,385	Good capture. Did he take a finger as entry fee to the mail box?

07-10-2013, 09:57 PM	#3
crewl1 Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,807	That's a tough looking bug. Our PM's are more delicate looking around here.

07-11-2013, 07:30 AM	#4
slowpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: South Carolina, USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 18,461	Looks to be straight out of Star Wars.

07-12-2013, 06:51 AM	#5
mickey Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Japan Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,146	Like the composition. How close did you get to take the photo?

07-12-2013, 07:22 AM	#6
daacon Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Alberta,Canada Photos: Gallery Posts: 20,914	Indeed alien like a nice shot.

07-17-2013, 04:21 PM	#7
Nightwatch Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Georgia Posts: 145 Original Poster	Thank you for the comments Originally posted by mickey Like the composition. How close did you get to take the photo? I was able to get quite close to it. The working distance on the Sigma 50mm Maco is quite short (Something I hope to remedy one of these days with a larger macro) so I was easily within an inch or 2 of this Mantid.