This is one interesting creature and this particular one is probably an escaped pet as they only reside in SE Asia. Orchid (pink) mantis blend in with the orchids to hunt their prey. No wild orchids in So Cal but this one found my sunburnt roses for good enough camo.
Explanation and some more examples here
What a difference a week makes. Also Santa Monica, also about 20 minutes after sunset, completely different colors.
It’s already Friday somewhere
Saw this creature walking around my neighborhood lake this morning. Taken at 10x zoom on my S25 Ultra.
Fish tacos for breakfast? Took me a second to notice the fish.
Good eyes and its a pretty big fish for a 30 acre “lake”/flood control pond.
Damn thing is part pterodactyl lol
Long time away from the forum but had to come back and see @Russo still doing his thing! You are the king of cropping and editing. What is your standard horizontal crop? 16:9?
Second, you seem to live an amazing life! The travels you do are awesome
Thank you for your kind words, sir 
Yes, my iPhone camera is set to 16:9 ratio.
@Rsantoro12 I really like your cityscape pics - you have a great eye for it.
I quite often take shots like these too while sitting in traffic. One of the reasons I’ll always have a car with a sun/glass roof.
Took this one yesterday
Very clean roof! lol
Open sunroof
