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

    1. Lukjonis, ~julien~, Andrea Centurelli, cwteoh1063, and 20 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Johnwctsang (33 months ago | reply)

      Stunning close up portrait,Great shot my friend !!!

    3. 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...

      ;-)

    4. J.R.Photography (33 months ago | reply)

      Nice portrait! Colors contrast really well.

    5. Lukjonis (33 months ago | reply)

      Awesome job Kurt... Congrats!!!

    6. @lbyper (33 months ago | reply)

      Fantastica!!!!

    7. ~julien~ (33 months ago | reply)

      WOW beautiful work !!

    8. motleypixel (33 months ago | reply)

      Alien! Nice capture!

    9. leFroy (33 months ago | reply)

      Awsome! Bravo

    10. cwteoh1063 (33 months ago | reply)

      Very Beautiful !!

    11. Photo--Graphy [deleted] (33 months ago | reply)

      WoW...

    12. ColdSummerPics (33 months ago | reply)

      please post more mantis shot!

    13. glasseyepictures (33 months ago | reply)

      This is awesome.

    14. dreamwaters (33 months ago | reply)

      Oh My Goodness
      This is one amazing Mantis
      And
      You did an awesome job
      Well done

    15. 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. :-))

    16. 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.

    17. Techuser (33 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful species

    18. 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)

    19. y_leong23 (33 months ago | reply)

      Beautiful closeup.

    20. HanaHoudkova (33 months ago | reply)

      Wow!!!!!!!!!!!

    21. Arthur Anker (33 months ago | reply)

      this can't get better !

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    25. Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com (33 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for the lovely comments and faves, much appreciated :)

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    28. Kurt (Hock Ping Guek) orionmystery.blogspot.com (33 months ago | reply)


      Thanks for the comments and invites :)

    29. pbertner (32 months ago | reply)

      REally well done here Kurt, very impressive.
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    30. mantidboy (32 months ago | reply)

      Theopropus elegans are stunning, but this is the best photo i've seen of one :D

    31. 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.

    32. mantidboy (32 months ago | reply)

      Not at all, glad i could help :)

    33. Dialed-in! (30 months ago | reply)

      Wonderful detail...
      ML award

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