A Little Too Closeup
There is such a thing as getting too closeup. This picture, taken by my Dad, was taken about 30 seconds after I took yesterday’s photo. The praying mantis had been climbing the flowerpot stand to the left, and as I got closer and closer it put a leg on my camera to either steady itself or possibly to push me away; after a few more seconds it decided that since it had reached the top of the stand, the only way up was to climb up my camera.
The person in the photo is, of course, myself; I appear here complete with camera and baseball cap (turned backwards so the brim doesn’t interfere with the camera). This is also as good a time as any to point out the camera I use: a Canon PowerShot A640. I wholeheartedly recommend it to any amateur photographer who wants a camera that will give good results.
The thing about that Canon that I love so much is its ability to focus on subjects just millimeters in front of the lens. In fact, just seconds before Dad took today’s photo, I released the shutter on the camera one last time:
A week ago I posted gr’opper nookie, now I’m posting mantis upskirts. Sometimes I wonder at my own depravity.