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A female Thrips flavus found on gorse that had come down in a landslide onto the beach at Pett Level. Additional pictures below - note antennal segments 4&5 are half brown and half pale.
Bako National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia. I found photographing in the rainforest very challenging, because the light from sun was often greatly dimmed by the canopy. To get a better exposure of the mantis, I played with my flash for a while, but the results weren’t satisfying. In the end, I created this silhouette by keeping the mantis in the shadows and exposing on some sunlit leaves in the background.
This one was longer than the length of my hand!
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28 stacked photos with manual rail, 1 flash with DIY diffuser, processed with Helicon Focus, LR & PS
This will forever be one picture I took that reminded me of my place in nature.
I've watched builders razing land, cutting down 200 plus year old Live Oak trees, and mourned their loss. I worried for the birds, red fox, a variety of songbirds.
But, I failed to consider the smallest of creatures, and how little it takes to destroy their world and lives.
This drop was about the size of a pinhead. The insect may live its entire life in just the time it takes for the droplet to dry out.
Amazing!