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9-11-06 Laura Milholland

Mantis

Las Gallinas Valley Sanitary District, San Rafael, CA

This guy almost flew into me as I walked by on the path. At first I thought it was a dragonfly.
Since I saw where it landed, I quickly tried to get a shot, although I had to almost lay in the grass
to get him against the sky so you could see him.
It was breezy and he kept waving around so it was very difficult to focus. Not very sharp, but I still thought he was cool.

1/1300s f/4.5 at 18mm iso-80
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Guest 12-Sep-2006 06:19
Well caught Laura