Taken today in the Peak. Strangely the males are meant to be active during the day while the females generally fly at dusk. This male sat in the same position for at least a couple of hours.
D300 Sigma 150mm 1/100 f11 ISO 400 hand held
Posted by David Taylor on April 24, 2010 at 5:45 PM
Superb Maggie. Those 'eyes' are really scary. I suppose it is a male trait sitting in the same position for hours waiting for the females to appear.
Posted by Dave Bartlett on April 24, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Superb detail, especially in the eyes and antennae. Super moth
Posted by Karen Summers on April 24, 2010 at 6:06 PM
Colour & detail is extremely good, although I do find the subject just 'slightly' to big within the frame. I might also tone down the strands of 'grass?' to the lhs and by the Moth, as they tend to distract.
TFS
Steve
Posted by Phil Mclean on April 25, 2010 at 6:59 AM
Super moth and those antennae really shine out at you.If the moth was there a couple of hours I might have been tempted to try and remove those bright grass stems without disturbing him.Of course you may have tried and off he flew,I don't know!
Phil.
Posted by Kim Connolly on April 25, 2010 at 1:57 PM
Lovely shot Maggie, super colour and detail.
Posted by Philip Newman on April 25, 2010 at 2:22 PM
Moth is super maggie, but background a little too distracting.
Philip Newman
Posted by Marcus Conway on April 25, 2010 at 4:20 PM
This is a real beauty. The background helps sets some context for me Maggie
Posted by Andy Shepherd on April 25, 2010 at 4:35 PM
What a fantastic find Maggie, I'd would love to see one of these. I might lift the levels a touch, just to bring out some of those gorgeous colours on the wings.
Andy...
Posted by Mark Davies on April 26, 2010 at 4:18 AM
Super spot Maggie .Dried grass stalks are a tadge pulling on the eye .
Posted by Brett Lewis on April 26, 2010 at 6:16 AM
Agree with Mark here but what a great little moth and well captured.
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14 repliesD300 Sigma 150mm 1/100 f11 ISO 400 hand held
Colour & detail is extremely good, although I do find the subject just 'slightly' to big within the frame. I might also tone down the strands of 'grass?' to the lhs and by the Moth, as they tend to distract.
TFS
Steve
Phil.
Philip Newman
What a fantastic find Maggie, I'd would love to see one of these. I might lift the levels a touch, just to bring out some of those gorgeous colours on the wings.
Andy...
Brett
Excellent find and with a little more processing on the moth it could be made even stronger.
Mark.G