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Ruby Tiger on Forget-Me-Not

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Posted by Barrie Harwood on May 8, 2008 at 4:37 AM
Hi all

I haven't posed a pic for a long while now but any excuse to avoid gardening (which was what I was doing when I spotted this little beauty this morning).

Thanks to Phil Shaw for the ID

Camera: Canon 1D Mark III
Lens: Canon 180mm macro
Exposure: 1/80th @ f/10 (-1 stop) 400asa equivalent

Barrie :smile:

Posted by Mark sellings on May 8, 2008 at 5:29 AM
Lovely colours and particularly comp although i'd like some more space around the whole shot I think

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Posted by Barrie Harwood on May 8, 2008 at 5:45 AM
Thanks Mark. I tried various comps but thought with more space, the subject seemed 'lost' in a sea of green.

I suppose I should follow Frasier Crane's advice "If less is more, think just how much more, more could be", (and if you don't watch "Frasier", you'll have no idea what I am on about :biggrin:)

Barrie :smile:
Posted by Mark sellings on May 8, 2008 at 5:56 AM
Ah the days of Niles/Daphne - come to think of it, Cheers as well - now thats comedy! oops a bit off-topic :biggrin:
Posted by Phil Shaw on May 8, 2008 at 6:10 AM
More is the new less as far as I'm concerned :wink:

Its a Ruby Tiger by the way - Phragmatobia fuliginosa if I remember correctly.
Posted by Barrie Harwood on May 8, 2008 at 6:35 AM
Ruby Tiger it is Phil - thanks very much.

I used to be really into butterflies and moths as a kid and I should have been familiar with this species. I am sure they seemed a lot bigger when I was young :wink:

Barrie :smile:
Posted by Paul Inglis on May 8, 2008 at 7:03 AM
Hi Barrie,

Beautiful image! The subject is nice and vibrant and pops well from the background! It is a little tight in the frame for my taste though!
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Posted by lewis phillips on May 8, 2008 at 12:12 PM
top shot barrie
Posted by David Taylor on May 8, 2008 at 12:50 PM
Beautiful focus on the moth and its colouring is great.. The Forget-me-not flowers look a little pale compared to the ones in my garden, though. Very, very nice.

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Posted by Barrie Harwood on May 8, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Thanks all for the comments.

David - these F-M-N flowers are very pale. They are in a pot and it is their first year having been grown from seed (a gift from our Vet after one of our dogs died). Not sure if this accounts for it. They are also very spindly so perhaps just a weak strain.

Off to treat the fence now (unless something else catches my eye - please!!! :biggrin:)

Barrie :smile:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on May 8, 2008 at 2:23 PM


Lovely shot Barrie , beautiful creatureand an amazing BG :toast: :toast:

Andy... :smile:
Posted by Barrie Harwood on May 8, 2008 at 4:12 PM
Thanks Andy - background is in fact my lawn - no blurring or anything applied
Posted by Robert Lawrence on May 9, 2008 at 2:56 AM
Lovely image Barrie, I agree about a little more space, otherwise 'top dollar'.