Portrait of a gorgeous Asian Flower mantis........IMG_4622 copy
This mantis was not only gorgeous, but a great poser too. This one was full flash but i took quite a few natural light shot of it.
I saw a pink version of this in Danum Valley: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2010/10/danum-valley-part-ii.html
More cool tropical mantids: orionmystery.blogspot.com/2012/03/mantis.html
Comments and faves
Lukjonis, ~julien~, Andrea Centurelli, cwteoh1063, and 20 other people added this photo to their favorites.
Johnwctsang (33 months ago | reply)
Stunning close up portrait,Great shot my friend !!!
Nicolas Reusens Extreme Macro´s (33 months ago | reply)
amazing !
in 34 days i´ll be travelling to Malaysia....hopefully i can meet some incredible bugs...
;-)
J.R.Photography (33 months ago | reply)
Nice portrait! Colors contrast really well.
Lukjonis (33 months ago | reply)
Awesome job Kurt... Congrats!!!
myrmician (33 months ago | reply)
!!!
@lbyper (33 months ago | reply)
Fantastica!!!!
~julien~ (33 months ago | reply)
WOW beautiful work !!
motleypixel (33 months ago | reply)
Alien! Nice capture!
leFroy (33 months ago | reply)
Awsome! Bravo
cwteoh1063 (33 months ago | reply)
Very Beautiful !!
Photo--Graphy [deleted] (33 months ago | reply)
WoW...
ColdSummerPics (33 months ago | reply)
please post more mantis shot!
glasseyepictures (33 months ago | reply)
This is awesome.
dreamwaters (33 months ago | reply)
Oh My Goodness
This is one amazing Mantis
And
You did an awesome job
Well done
♫WonderfulBeautifulSong♫ (33 months ago | reply)
Wow! Awesome!!!!!
Melanie Eliades (33 months ago | reply)
How wonderful to come face to face with such a beauty in nature. Awesome work Kurt your photography amazes and inspires me. :-))
Gustavo Mazzarollo (33 months ago | reply)
That's a model mantis, really looks it wanted to be captured by your lens, nice violet background color and very good color range in the face.
Techuser (33 months ago | reply)
Beautiful species
Matty7D (33 months ago | reply)
You've captured this amazing creature beautifully. Fantastic shot Kurt, you're so lucky to have come across this one :o)
مشعل الريحان MISHAL ALRYHAN (33 months ago | reply)
great shot
eid mobark
y_leong23 (33 months ago | reply)
Beautiful closeup.
HanaHoudkova (33 months ago | reply)
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!
Arthur Anker (33 months ago | reply)
this can't get better !
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Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com (33 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the lovely comments and faves, much appreciated :)
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Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com (33 months ago | reply)
Thanks for the comments and invites :)
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REally well done here Kurt, very impressive.

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Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com (32 months ago | reply)
Thanks Paul :)
mantidboy (32 months ago | reply)
Theopropus elegans are stunning, but this is the best photo i've seen of one :D
Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com (32 months ago | reply)
Thanks, Mantidboy. Just found another one but with pink and green color scheme. I'll post it soon and tag you for ID help. Hope you don't mind.
mantidboy (32 months ago | reply)
Not at all, glad i could help :)
Dialed-in! (30 months ago | reply)
Wonderful detail...
