Praymantis

[smidgen]

I really love this shot and i just wanted to know is it boring being in the middle? Is the hand to distracting? and what would you change?

[xtremekramer]

I rather like it with the black background. Could be more interesting in a more natural setting, however it could also make it more distracting. Great shot.

[Sterling]

I find the hair on that knuckle quite horrifying.

[smidgen]

I had the same thought that outside might be better but i have a p&s with no manual focusing so it can be hard to blur the background.

Unfortuntely My photoshop skills weren't up to the challenge of removing the hair and if this was a planned shot i would choose a different hand model lol

thankyou both very much for taking the time to comment

[Chip]

Great color and detail in the mantis. Looks cool and evil at the same time.

For me, though, the things I might change are: (1) the "flashy" area of the hand in the lower right hand corner - that bright area is a distraction to me - maybe it could be cropped out? (2) the skin color looks too blue/unnatural, especially when compared to the nice, warm colors of the mantis - did you change the skin color in post, or was this caused by the flash? and (3) I don't know if it would've been possible, but getting closer and filling the frame more with the mantis would've helped, too.

I don't think placing the subject in the middle is a problem or makes the photo boring.


My 2 cents.

[smidgen]

The hand was converted to black and white because I found it too distracting I agree that the bottom right part of the hand is a little blown out but when I was playing around with cropping it seemed to throw off the balance in the pic. I hope I will get another chance to shoot a praymantis again soon