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The beautiful iridescence of this..

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Posted by David Taylor on July 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
The beautiful iridescence of this..
... brown lacewing's (species unknown) wings took my breath away when I viewed this image on my monitors. Taken this morning.

Sigma SD14 dslr
Sigma 50 EX macro lens
Sigma ring flash
Hand held
F18
1/200s
ISO50
Manual focus
RAW adjustment in
SPP3.5
Cropped and retouched in PS Elements 5
Framed with Xara Xtreme Pro 5

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Posted by Peter Edge on July 24, 2009 at 6:10 PM
What a beauty. Whats the plant its on, it looks like some sort of cactus?
Pete
Posted by Major Gilbert on July 24, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Now thats an ugly bugger but an interesting one at that. I bet when viewed normally those wings bairly show as in your image. Well spotted and taken. :toast:

Major.
Posted by David Taylor on July 24, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Hello Peter. It is on a leaf of a tree that has been growing in a small pot on my kitchen windowsill for the last nine years it is a desert species but no idea what. Thank you for commenting, and you too Major.:smile:

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Posted by David Taylor on July 24, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Major, here is an image without the iridescence.

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Posted by Craig Jones on July 25, 2009 at 11:48 AM
Love this image David, the colours and BG are brillant, keep up this good work :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Lewis Thomson on July 25, 2009 at 12:15 PM

Hi David,

Love the first one, very interesting study!

Cheers,

Lewis.
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Posted by David Kjaer on July 25, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Hi David

You really have shown the beauty of this insect so well!

David :toast: