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Heaven in a Flower Series
Photographer: Angeline Location: My backyard The periwinkle is an amazing plant. Some types are quite hardy, like the one in this photo. It grows easily and tends to sprout out into huge bushes. Periwinkles (though I'm not sure if it's this particular variety and which part of the plant they mean) were much touted to be cures for various diseases, one example being diabetes. Vincristin, a cancer drug, is made from the extracts of the periwinkle plant. This shot had a mantis in it. It rather freaked me out, because it kept turning it's head and watching me as I took shots of it. |
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September 22, 2007
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This is beautiful!! Nice composition; slightly off-center, which is good. Photos are better if the subject isn't dead center. And the mantis is in just the right position to balance the heavy color of the flower with it's own gravity of form and weight. It's nice when they cooperate, huh? Well done!
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If i ever take a photo of a roach, i won't be able to look at it.
This mantis is the best model ever!
Thanks for the lovely comments and the fave!
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