Female Mantis - D700, 70-200 w/500D

Walking by the rose bush this morning I spotted this large female mantis. As I was about to get the camera I also spotted two more, males this time. Don’t remember seeing this many at once…

Shot this with my D700 with a 70-200mm f/2.8 and a Canon 500D close-up lens added. Also use a SB-800 with LumiQuest softbox off camera as a fill light. Pretty good detail in the shot as you can see by this 100% section off the head.

Female Mantis 100% view of head