Thursday: macrophotography - Preying Mantis
This was one of the strangest experiences I've had (in a spooky way).
The night before I actually had a peculiar dream about a preying mantis invading my personal space. I was levitating off the ground and the preying mantis levitated with me much too close...and he was BIG. It startled me so much that I grabbed him by the neck and threw him away from me. Then I wondered if maybe I hurt it so I went to see. There he was laying on the ground dazed and shaking his head - then suddenly he grew rainbow wings and turned into a dragonfly and looked at me as if he was acknowledging my caring.
So, imagine my shock when I went down to our basement and found a preying manits IN MY HOUSE running parallel with me as I walked to go outside. My husband had taken apart our children's train table and it was sitting on its side longways and the mantis was running the length of it with me. Fascinating little creatures...however, the timing of this was a little creepy. He seemed either very friendly or very aggressive. I wasn't really sure. So I ran back upstairs to grab my camera to capture the moment - proof ;) He was still there when I returned with camera in hand. I ran back and forth.... and back and forth he followed me with his arms out stretched. Finally I paused to take some photos and he actually grabbed the lens. Good thing I just got my macro ;) Proof!
I did muster the courage to return him to the wild after our photo session.
I colored him a little bit ;) LOL
| Category | (macrophotography ) |
| Camera | (Nikon D70) |
| Location | (My Basement ) |
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Hello. Found you through @asapers. Great post. I'm not sure if I enjoyed the photos or the story the most. Wonderful combination and the photo with the color change is amazing. Nice work.
Thank you, @energyaddict22. Yes, a little bleed through from dream-time to waking. So glad you liked my little color job on him - it was so interesting how the color brought out the details of his form - almost like an x-ray.
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Hi @lynncoyle1! THANK YOU and thank you for all the support you give daily to us newbies.
So happy that you liked the mantis story and photo- I truly had second thoughts about posting it ;) So your comment gives me a little courage to share more. Thank you!
I see that @insideoutlet and I have some common life experience as my mother has ileitis and Crohns (as so many now have) - she seems like a courageous and wonderful person.
I'll see if I can find the ASAPers Discord channel. :)
Have a beautiful day!
Awww shucks. Thank you. Crohns is very debilitating. Welcome to @asapers, I look forward to getting to know you better. 😁
Yes, very debilitating.
Thank you! I so look forward to getting to know you better, too.
You are pretty awesome you know! In case no one has told you yet today :)
Right back at you x
You are so welcome @youhavewings! I appreciate your kind words too!
I did like the mantis story, and if I can offer any advice, it would be to add more stories to your beautiful photos, like you did with this one. I think it can offer so much more than a photo alone ;)
@insideoutlet is pretty awesome for sure!
Looking forward to seeing more of you on Discord and out here. Cheers!
@lynncoyle1 Thank you, again. Advise taken and will try to do that. :)
We'll talk more on Discord :) THANK YOU!
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What a neat story, and there he was, just waiting for his picture to be taken. Pretty cool.
Thank you so much, @bashadow! It was a pretty cool experience.
This is such a cool post! I love praying mantises. I have a picture of one that was on my patio table umbrella a couple years back. Wish I could find it - I swear he was dancing to the music I had on 😊
@ambrosial Thank you. Mantises are fascinating. I completely believe you when you say he was dancing to the music :) That is very cool! Hope you find your photos.
I love the way you turned the mantis into an alien in the first picture.
It' very expressive and funny :D
It was fun to color him ;) And he does resemble an alien.
Hi @youhavewings! This is a really cool post!! The last image gives me chills!! Those piercing eyes! What an experience to have!! Oh my! Congratulations on having your post selected by the #asapers 💗 Good for you!! Keep up the great contributions!
Thank you so much, @yogajill! Yes, he really does have that piercing look - that's why I colored him! :)
You're welcome!