In 2007 I made this account to upload most of my new photography. Some may know me as "striving" and a Bryce gallery poster.
With some falling off of motivation and interest in 3D graphics, I began getting more involved with photography. Starting with my purchase of a Nikon L1 digital camera in 2006. Which really does an awesome job at Macro/close-up work. But being very limited in any manual controls I got the bug to get more "hands on" with photography. So in 6/07 I bought a Canon EOS Rebel XTi. With only the Kit lens to start off with (18-55mm) and it lacking the quality for good macro, I have started getting into another direction I have wanted to try. Night Photography.
I have always loved the night time. The dark illuminated by lights of all kinds. Neon, flourecent, candles, etc. Something about the look of these really comes alive to me. So with that being a main focus of mine, I decided to make a new account and upload my new works on here. Leaving my other account to my occational 3D works. While all my images posted here will not be night shots. I do hope to fill it with a majority of them. As well as being somewhat new to using a dSLR (I had a Canon AE-1 for several years back in the 80s, but never did much more than shoot on program mode) I wanted a clean slate to watch my own progress clearly.
So heres to a new hobby/new learning curve and hopefully some great photos in my future... So thanks for visiting. -Bruce
Equipment so far: Canon EOS Rebel Xti w/ 18-55, 75-300 III, 50mm 2.5 Compact macro, Hoya Close Up filter set of +4, +2,+1. Bower +10
Comments (18)
Chipka
You say this is a female, and in looking at this image, I'm wondering how someone so voracious can keep such a lovely figure! I guess it's different among insects than among humans. I love the details in this shot and I happen to like these sorts of mantis critters! As I live in Chicago, I don't get to see very many of them. They're here, but I guess they're just not into Chicago that much. Great, unexpected colors! I love the absence of greens as the red and off-white shows something completely familiar in an unexpected context. This is quite super.
Juliette.Gribnau
that's quite a good lunch; fantastic macro!!
durleybeachbum
Fabulous photo!
bebopdlx
Great photo
gizmo563
amazing macro shot!
ia-du-lin
excellent capture
blinkings
Gruesome.....and very cool!
whaleman
There will always be something compelling about seeing one creature devour another!
sharky_
Ouch! Interesting shot. Aloha
kgb224
Amazing capture my friend. God Bless.
Leeco
Excellent image. Amazing insect. Thanks for sharing. Lee
Vagabund
Cool "alien"... :-)
deweygg
Simply amazing - Thanks for sharing!
kenmo
Truly amazing....
dochtersions
A incredible and intriguing, perfect shot. Amazing!
praep
Well - 'I think she is thinking about you as a bigger snack while looking at you in this shot...be careful!
DukeNukem2005
This is a very beautiful and very nice!
clbsmiley
OMG! Wicked macro!!! :)