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Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted November 22, 2009243 views9 comments

Made this image today morning. Another morning where the temperature was just right for some dew. I was delighted to find this moth( no sure of its name though). At first I didn't notice the dew at all. When I lit the LED torch for a while to check the wings, I was in for a pleasant surprise - dews!

This time, it was 4 sources of lights:

1) Morning Sunlight ( back lit )
2) White light for some cooler rendition of back lighting on the spikes
3) An led light from below to bring out the details on the wings, especially the dews ( shadow region it was ).
4) Some amount of fill flash with -2 exposure compensation.

And finally, this moth cooperated so well to get me the image I wanted.
It was indeed a nice learning for me as to how different sources of light and angles at which they strike the subject matters so much at times!

Canon 40D, Canon 100 F2.8 macro + 25mm kenko extension tube, Gitzo 5540, Arca swiss z1 monoball head, 4 sources of light, F16, 1/20s, ISO 250, manual focussing, full frame image.

Thanks in advance for your kind views.

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by Philip Hodgkins on November 22, 2009 at 7:01 AM

Fascinating! A bit tight.

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Comment posted by John Kerr on November 22, 2009 at 7:35 AM

Great opportunity to find such an image to capture. I like the way the moth finishes the shape of the leave and the dew adds evan that much more to the photo. I like the way you used the different lighting and also that you listed your technique here, I will be sure to try to use it. Also how do like using the extention tubes, I have been thinking about getting a set myself? Great photograph.

Registered on October 28, 2009, 111 Posts, 1070 Comments

Comment posted by Ellen deBoer on November 22, 2009 at 9:08 AM

Great image, Pramod! The lighting is fantastic and the shapes of the moth and the leaf are so interesting together.

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Comment posted by Sam Rua on November 22, 2009 at 8:28 PM

Very nice capture, Pramod. Perhaps just a tad too much light on the lower section of the moth, just to even out the lighting of the moth. Nice use of back lighting to illuminate the leave and the hairs of the moth. I like the symmetry of the comp. And, of course, the dew drops.

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Comment posted by Nilanjan Das on November 22, 2009 at 11:25 PM

Love the lighting PV.

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Comment posted by Gary Yeoh on November 23, 2009 at 2:35 AM

Beautifully crafted image. Didn't know it was a moth until I read your commentary. Well done for finding it and thanks for sharing this.

Registered on September 1, 2009, 588 Posts, 8184 Comments

Comment posted by Sandra Hendrikse on November 25, 2009 at 8:25 AM

This is a wonderful image, Pramod. Great lighting and detail. Very well done and thanks for sharing.

Registered on January 23, 2008, 48 Posts, 769 Comments

Comment posted by Larry Fischer on December 1, 2009 at 1:48 PM

Very nice---and inventive.

the fisch

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Comment posted by Angela Classen on December 8, 2009 at 10:20 PM

Great lighting & composition. The dew drops really make this special. Congrats on the EP.

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