The Soulwell
by Budya

Comment by cmtc:
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The Soulwell
by Budya

Comment by Mark-A:
Quite a clever shot, I am not sure if that is a ray of light shooting in to the glass with smoke bellowing out or whether it is someone blowing a very fine smoke trail in to the glass, my main gripe with the shot is the lighting is so harsh at the base of the glass bowl and that really detracts from an otherwise fine shot.

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The Soulwell
by Budya

Comment by Knighterrant:
This is my favorite photo in the challenge. I think it is brilliant, from conception, to execution, to toning, even the title... What I am struggling with is the connection to Upside Down. Maybe I am just being obtuse!? It will be interesting to see what other comments you get on this. Anyhow, very well done.

The Soulwell
by Budya

Comment by orvaratli:
The image is great but I am a bit confused about what is upside down.

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by Budya

Comment by ErikV:
Like the head/antennae fully in focus and the rest of it OOF but sufficiently in focus that you can easily make out the entire body. Well posed too, you must be good at training these things!

The Soulwell
by Budya

Comment by stevieian:
i like the feel of this, but it's not saying upside down to me.

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by Budya

Comment by ChimericImager:
a cutie...
well done

Hello
by Budya

Comment by scooter97:
Anna very nice DOF and an inquisitive expression from your subject. ( can bugs show inquisitiveness??? lol )

Hello
by Budya

Comment by cryan:
This is just a very cool shot. i love the way the Mantis is tilting his head as if to say WTF. DOF works well for me as it gives him a mysterious aura.

The Soulwell
by Budya

Comment by Yo_Spiff:
A little grainy, but obviously high ISO to catch that smoke. If this were advanced, I would suggest some selective NR on the smoke. Pretty neat looking and I like the lighting. I assume the glass must be upside down and the image also flipped. If that's the case, you have doomed yourself to DNMC votes by over-meeting the challenge. (Didn't think that could be done until now!)Good luck, this was clearly some work and deserves a decent score.