Hawk Moth Caterpillar

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9 replies

Posted by Lee Newman on August 24, 2009 at 6:00 PM

Taken last week in harsh / bright conditions. There are about 4 of these all within a few feet of each other. I picked this one because it was it was the most visible, the others were in quite dense undergrowth.

Canon EOS 20D, 70-300mm IS, F7.1, 1/50th ISO 100, Exp -1
Any comments / advice welcome.

Lee

Posted by David Taylor on August 24, 2009 at 6:22 PM

Very good comp and BG. Though it does look a tad soft on my screens. I've not seen one round here for at least 25 years.

Posted by Ian Macdermott on August 24, 2009 at 6:47 PM

Hi Lea,

I agree with David nice idea but could do with being a wee bit sharper

Posted by Craig Jones on August 24, 2009 at 6:51 PM

Harsh light or not it's alovely image and I love the portrait composition and the colours are very nice,very nice work Lee

Posted by Lee Newman on August 24, 2009 at 7:03 PM

Thanks guys, I cant have sharpened after resizing for the web, the original looks fine.
silly error.

Lee

Posted by Matt Cole on August 25, 2009 at 3:04 AM

It does look a bit soft but an impressive looking caterpillar. Nicely taken.

Matt

Posted by Kim Connolly on August 25, 2009 at 5:57 AM

A really nice composition, like it lots, portrtait crop and background.

Posted by Maggie Campbell on August 25, 2009 at 9:37 AM

Agree about the softness Lee but a splendid specimen, good composition and lovely BG.

Posted by Andy Shepherd on August 26, 2009 at 10:17 AM

Nice shot buddy, nits covered and a good second effort into the world of macro, nice one.

Shep...

Posted by Guy Rogers on August 26, 2009 at 3:38 PM

Hello Lee.

Its always a pleasure to find one of these and youve done a nice job on this one.