Haven't had much chance to indulge myself in nature photography for some while now and with elections looming, most of my time seems to be taken up with photographing politicians with a touch of Royalty thown in at the moment (Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron last week and The Prince of Wales, Her Majesty and a wedding next week!).
This photograph of a Death's Head Hawkmoth was taken at the tail end of last year. As befits the species, I placed it on a gravestone.
For those of you not familiar with the species, it does breed in the UK but until recently, rarely survived the winter. If disturbed, it actually squeaks like a mouse and abroad, can actually be a pest to beekeepers as the adult moth will raid beehives and drink honey from the comb!
A beautiful moth with an unfortunate reputation. Great idea for the perch!
Posted by Tim Munsey on April 22, 2007 at 11:11 AM
"a beautiful moth" just goes to show beauty is in the eye of the beholder. The face just below its head is quite scary, ghoulish. Great stuff, never seen one.
Excellent shot Barry and a great idea of using the gravestone as the background.
Nice to see a moth on the forum,excellent subjects IMO.
Posted by Joanne Mead on April 25, 2007 at 4:01 PM
I am very impressed Barrie. The detail and the contrasting colours are amazing. What a star! Photographing the rich and famous must be good fun.........but this represents the real Barrie.
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4 repliesHaven't had much chance to indulge myself in nature photography for some while now and with elections looming, most of my time seems to be taken up with photographing politicians with a touch of Royalty thown in at the moment (Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and David Cameron last week and The Prince of Wales, Her Majesty and a wedding next week!).
This photograph of a Death's Head Hawkmoth was taken at the tail end of last year. As befits the species, I placed it on a gravestone.
For those of you not familiar with the species, it does breed in the UK but until recently, rarely survived the winter. If disturbed, it actually squeaks like a mouse and abroad, can actually be a pest to beekeepers as the adult moth will raid beehives and drink honey from the comb!
Canon 1D-II with Sigma 180mm macro
Barrie
Tim
Nice to see a moth on the forum,excellent subjects IMO.
Jo