Thank, Bruce, Jack, Igor and Don! The background is a bright blue plastic swimming pool that we use for out dog. Alaskan Malamute do not enjoy swimming (after all, in the Actic, getting wet usually means dieing). In the hot days of summer, we fill the pool with cool water so he can splash around a bit and cool off without going into the (human) pool. We also freeze water in a blue kitty litter box (the largest container that will fit in the freezer), and he loves to dig in the ice when it's hot out.
I had cleaned out the puppy pool and turned it upside down to dry in the sun. When I went to take it into the shed in the early evening, I noticed the mantis sunning himself and swaying slowly side to side. In this image, the mantis looks reddish. That coloring comes largely from the setting sun. To my eye, however, it looked mostly green, and it looks more greenish is some of the other images I took that evening. Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 2:15 AM, Bruce <[email protected]> wrote: > With the background looks like some kind of sci-fi creature. Pretty cool! > > -- > Bruce > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Sep 29, 2013, at 8:27 PM, "Daniel J. Matyola" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> I ran into this critter while cleaning up the pool patio this afternoon: >> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17543383 >> Comments are invited. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. >> > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
