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Hanging on by a thread

Gallery: Regional: UKNPPosted May 2, 201199 views9 comments

This caterpillar was hanging from a tree about 20feet he then dragged his thread with his mouth and gradually reeled himself up to about 6feet which was in-line with me on the bridge,the ball of fluff he is carrying is the thread that he was hanging by,when i took the photo he let go and the wind carried him off again,isn't nature marvellous,wish I new what sort of Caterpillar he is

Canon 300mm lens+1.4 extender,ISO640,200sec@f7.1,cropped and unsharp~mask

Comments

9 comments

Comment posted by John Robinson on May 2, 2011 at 4:07 PM

Excellent ! Might be one of the Tortrix moth group.
JohnR

Registered on March 2, 2008, 535 Posts, 2453 Comments

Comment posted by Des Ong on May 2, 2011 at 4:13 PM

Surprised at how you got away with 1/200 at 420mm in the wind.

Registered on July 12, 2007, 23 Posts, 234 Comments

Comment posted by Simon Litten on May 2, 2011 at 4:35 PM

Nice shot

I'd like to see a little bit more on the bottom if possible.

Simon

Registered on June 22, 2006, 24 Posts, 275 Comments

Comment posted by Oscar Dewhurst on May 2, 2011 at 4:37 PM

Very nice - more DOF would be good, but I appreciate that you were already on 1/200s

Oscar

Registered on August 6, 2009, 85 Posts, 502 Comments

Comment posted by Barrie Courtenay on May 2, 2011 at 5:03 PM

Hi John,well I looked in my book and I thought the moth caterpiilar had 2 sets of legs at front and back but don't know too much about them so you poss are right.
Des I took about 20 pics as it crawled up its thread and only two sharp,so only just got away with it

Registered on July 11, 2005, 12 Posts, 98 Comments

Comment posted by Barrie Courtenay on May 2, 2011 at 5:05 PM

Simon I could have more space at bottom but thought more thread at top would be better

Registered on July 11, 2005, 12 Posts, 98 Comments

Comment posted by David Sewell on May 2, 2011 at 5:47 PM

Certainly different! I agree about wanting the extra space at the bottom, but can understand why you chose to show more thread intead.

David

Registered on September 10, 2008, 63 Posts, 801 Comments

Comment posted by David Kjaer on May 4, 2011 at 12:02 PM

Nice to see something different - maybe a little more space at the bottom and a bit more depth of field.

David

Registered on January 4, 2006, 128 Posts, 4170 Comments

Comment posted by Karen Summers on May 5, 2011 at 1:39 PM

Interesting shot Barrie something I haven t seen and always great to see something new, look how delicate that thread is, amazing

Registered on December 3, 2009, 83 Posts, 818 Comments