Stealth mode ON

[Prajwal J Ullal]

ID: Flower mantis

Encountered a very photogenic mantis on the trail, luckily it was very playful/active and would react to even smallest of our motion. Unfortunately though the beauty would turn more static once in a while and most of it would be when I tried framing it. In one such instance though it took a very interesting pose trying to morph itself into a single volume, almost resembling stealth mode

EXIF:
Canon 550D
Canon 100mm macro
F/18
Shutterspeed 1/125
ISO 800
Handheld, External flash fired

Location: Nagla trail

[Mrudul Godbole]

Good details. Was there one more behind it? Thanks for sharing.

[Prajwal J Ullal]

No, just this one

[Sabyasachi Patra]

Interesting pose. Wish you had more space at the right. Some more sharpness would have been good. How much is the crop and from which side? Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Sabyasachi