Photographer's Request for Critique
--Igor Siwanowicz
Zorba the mantid
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Critiques
Daniel Rice , January 16, 2006; 01:16 P.M.
Intimidating
Nice capture. The bug certainly looks intimidating, for sure! My only quibble is the bug is smack dab in the center of the frame. Still a nice shot tho. Congrats.
mohammed hussain , January 16, 2006; 01:20 P.M.
Bill Foster 
, January 16, 2006; 01:44 P.M.
Derek Rader , January 16, 2006; 07:25 P.M.
WoW
I don't know where you find the talent agency for the dancing bugs, but those guys are great! 7/7
Cheers,
Derek Rader
Arun Paramekanti , January 17, 2006; 01:38 A.M.
Lovely.
He's really showing off his colors!
Mehdi Hosseini 
, January 17, 2006; 02:08 A.M.
Perfect
What a great dancing insect! DOF and Timing is marvelous. A professional shot really!
Mike Gal , January 17, 2006; 05:19 A.M.
the conductor
Gianluca Nespoli , January 17, 2006; 08:14 A.M.
Jan Peter , January 17, 2006; 08:58 A.M.
Pulok Pattanayak , January 17, 2006; 04:11 P.M.
D F , January 17, 2006; 05:44 P.M.
Amazing 7/7
macro of a "thing" with an attitude - nice colours, details, and depth
Rhawn Fischer , January 17, 2006; 07:17 P.M.
Great shot
great shot, everything is perfect, but i would personally crop it a little wider because its hard to tell if your clippin part of his right forearm off. beautiful bug.
Anne Morgan , January 17, 2006; 10:08 P.M.
Love it! My first thought was that it looks like a symphony conductor!
John Wilson 
, January 18, 2006; 12:32 A.M.
If Ralph Macchio were a preying mantis...
The Karate Kid meets A Bug's Life!
Fantastic photo. I, too, would like to know where you find insects so adept at posing.
Bilal Zaheer 
, January 18, 2006; 09:31 A.M.
wow! now thats a kung-fu pose I havent seen on this fascinating critter before. very cool! very good bokeh, just that its a bit too tightly framed. interesting colors and good detail too
Allen Yang , January 18, 2006; 11:23 A.M.
Another one!
it seems you can make 10 photos in the top-photo-list by shooting this little thing!
congratulations!
Jan Korte , January 18, 2006; 04:08 P.M.
Oh no! He's gonna attaaaack! *bullet time fades in*
Arnab Banerjee , January 18, 2006; 10:08 P.M.
That's awesome..funny too
Salih Güler 
, January 19, 2006; 05:45 A.M.
7/7
Huy Tran , February 24, 2006; 07:56 P.M.
7/7
excellent capture. very nice color and composition. Congrats.
FATIH KAVGAOGLU , July 28, 2006; 10:57 P.M.
DANCER
Ioannis Andriopoulos 
, January 11, 2007; 01:02 A.M.
Unique photo Igor with nice colors and light, congratulations!!!
Vassilis Margelis 
, January 11, 2007; 03:43 A.M.
Did it pose for you? Incredible close up capture. Regards Vassilis.
Ken Simm , January 11, 2007; 03:13 P.M.
Insect dancing, I like that. Regards Ken
Craig Hartley , January 11, 2007; 05:03 P.M.
En Garde!
Excellent capture and DOF as mentioned, and I agree with the possibly too tight a crop as well-but that is only a minor distraction for me.
Also mentioned were kung fu and Ralph Macchio, so I felt I ought to throw in my two cents, based on my minimal martial arts involvement. I believe Ralph's character was indeed incorporating kung fu into his "en garde" stance in the movie. As a matter of fact, there is a "mantis" style in kung fu, which imitates many different animals, and he was likely utilizing it in that scene. Having said that, I would submit that rather than "dancing", this little guy was getting ready to defend himself when he spotted the lens!
Regards, Craig
Dave Lamb , January 11, 2007; 08:11 P.M.
Alien!
Beautiful, unbelievable, and hilarious! Like a orchestra conductor. Great colors also.
Daniel Reed , January 11, 2007; 10:58 P.M.
Sweet
From the details I take that you slaved a flash on the background. Anyway, it is a great image. Thanks for sharing.
Yuli Pribadi , February 28, 2007; 04:06 A.M.
WAOOOO
Very excellent shot.... just superb macro pic! congrat!
Airi Pung , February 28, 2007; 01:54 P.M.
Very interesting picture!
Jeff Drew 
, February 28, 2007; 06:00 P.M.
Guest Conductor!
It looks like the orchestra is ready! Clever pose and excellent picture! What talent agency reps this model? :-)
ivana kusman , February 28, 2007; 06:47 P.M.
Myrna Arroyo , February 28, 2007; 07:51 P.M.
Fun and cool
Looks like its gonna kick... a kinda karate pose... great detail, great capture.
Rudi Koechler , February 28, 2007; 11:23 P.M.
What an incredible creature...and the image is really an eye catcher !
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