oh my goodness, that is the scariest mantis I've ever seen!!!! The ones by us are just a solid light green color and are kinda cute.

Hooly...

Thank goodness they aren't the size of a dog of larger. I love the claws. Real hunters.

Not very toy-esque in my opinion. Maybe bump up the contrast a bit? Right now the colors are pretty drab and earthtone-esque; I'd saturate the crap out of this to give it more of a "toy" feel. Finally, I'd also straighten the horizon up a bit. All the best!

Heh this bug was very patient at the photosession
Looks great! GL

Great piece author...GL

How big was this thing? Wow

I have to say... in my experience of shooting these guys/gals, it's NOT easy! They IMO have the hardest eyes to shoot but you have done a great job on this!

Thanks, I guess the whole body was less than an inch long

Nice shot, you should suggest it as a theme for the photoshoppers and see what they make from it

Nice idea, Ory, how do I do that?

Great high res..

If you hover over the "contests" tab and then select, "Make a suggestion" once on that page click, "from source image" then upload this picture, or any other you want, create a title and write a little description and submit.

Looks innocently dangerous....