Praying mantis from Mexico

Hello all,

I'm jumping around a little bit...keeps me on my toes.   This entry is about the praying mantis that stopped by our deck in Mexico.  These insects bring back memories of Pittsburgh for me.  I used to find them in the outside play areas all the time.  I really thought they were holy when I was a child...they were PRAYING!   It just looked like that, I later discovered....duh!!!!!   These two photos are different views due to lighting...in the first one the light is behind the object and in the second it is in front of it.  Sometimes we can be blinded or distracted by something and not see the entire picture...although we enjoyed it as it was.   How much different is the picture when the light is shining directly on it.  More color and detail...yet there is something about silhouettes that has always impressed me. It's is a simpler view drawing me in to look more closely at the edges and the white spaces.   I miss all that when the light is shining right on the object because THAT is where my attention is drawn.    Before really getting to know anything we must look at it from all sides....think of the praying mantis......

                

Maria