Shingle Mantis Acrylic Print

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I turned this image upside down. The Praying mantis was hanging upside down on the bottom of the shingles of a friends house but I thought if I turned him over his blood would not flow to his head so quickly. Actually I am not sure how much blood a mantis has but I bet its not much.

My passion is underwater and nature photography. I particularly like finding patterns and designs in nature and getting down to the very basics with super macro views. In my early years, I had extremely poor vision and, as a consequence, I would get very close to things in order to see them. I think this handicap influenced my technique as I tend to try and create brightly colored, closely cropped, in-your-face images that are easy to see. Revealing the beauty in the mundane is my goal. I live in the countryside of western Oregon and have no trouble finding frogs, birds, mushrooms and flowers to photograph.I travel to warm waters for underwater shots as often as possible. Enjoy the photos.