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Posted by John Robinson on March 13, 2010 at 1:46 PM
Excuse Me !!
Poplar Hawk Moth larva passing through a colony of Gooseberry Sawfly Larvae (Croesus). They stick their bums up like this when disturbed and sometimes fall off the leaf.
Taken of a slide which won my first competition in 1970.
Ecktachrome 64
Pentax S1A
Flash
JohnR
Posted by Marcus Conway on March 13, 2010 at 2:01 PM
Great composition John.

There's small white fleck on the upload in the bottom right hand corner, and that is the only nit on this cracking shot. And that's just the way it has uploaded/scanned.

Fantastic :toast:
Posted by Ron McCombe on March 13, 2010 at 2:12 PM
hey John

an unusual image I love the composition and the dark background here

Ron
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on March 13, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Bygone days, where saturation, USM, layers etc never existed, but you nailed it John, in all aspects. :toast:

Ever though of contacting Kodak? :wink:

TFS
Steve
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on March 13, 2010 at 2:41 PM
I like this one very much. Great scene, good composition and perfectly executed. :smile:
Posted by Karen Summers on March 13, 2010 at 2:52 PM
I also like this image nice comp and bg
Posted by Austin Thomas on March 13, 2010 at 4:27 PM
Lovely John,

Buckets of impact with the dark BKGR.

Cheers

Austin
Posted by David Taylor on March 13, 2010 at 4:55 PM
This shows why I like black BGs. They were winners then and are winners now IMO.
Excellent stuff.

:toast: :toast: :jump:
Posted by Philip Newman on March 13, 2010 at 5:36 PM
Stand out nicely from dark background. :toast:

Posted by Ian Macdermott on March 13, 2010 at 5:40 PM
Another stunner from the archives John :toast:
Posted by Tom_W on March 14, 2010 at 3:56 AM
Etcachrome? I assume kodachrome 64 wasn't borne yet :razz:

Lovely natural history image with a nice narative with it.

T
Posted by John Chapman on March 14, 2010 at 4:39 AM
Hi John, this is very good and i like the comp. :toast:
Posted by John Robinson on March 14, 2010 at 4:58 AM
Thanks all
Tom
- I never used Kodachrome - although itv was a lot sharper when you got it right. The main reason was that I always had the Ektachrome processed un mounted, because there were so many chuck outs ! It was a lot cheaper that way .Kod 64 was process paid. Also I had a local firm where I could get the Ektachrome back the same day which was useful in the early days of bird photography especially !
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Bertl Menegoni on March 14, 2010 at 6:50 AM
Thats beautiful John,
thanks for sharing your earlier jewels
Bertl
Posted by Justin on March 14, 2010 at 10:50 AM
A good title and a very strong and interesting image. :toast:
Posted by Rene de Heer on March 14, 2010 at 3:49 PM
Very nice John!
Rene de Heer
Posted by Brett Lewis on March 14, 2010 at 6:44 PM
That's just great.. Really pleasing image John..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on March 14, 2010 at 7:15 PM
Class image .Thanks for taking the time and effort in re airing these . It reminds me of the days when you had to get it right first time every time otherwise it was going to cost big time. Something modern digital makes you oh so ignorant of.
1970 !, was that just after the moon landing . I remember my dad talking about it ...LOL