Huh. I'm liking the preying mantis foreleg / crab limb vibes.

The subject is interesting, but I can't help feeling this is almost a poster case for using digital cameras, and I'd be curious as to your thoughts:

• To my taste, I'd have wanted to lighten this up a little in post-processing (or to have used a different ISO setting in camera)

• I'm not sure the grainyness is adding anything in this case - again, were I taking this I'd be happy for digital post-processing to remove the noise.