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Buff Ermine

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Posted by Andy Astbury on June 4, 2010 at 1:29 PM
I fired up the moth trap last night and when I went back to it this morning I must have had 30 of these little darlings in there together with a rather rumbustious Poplar Hawk.

Well the Poplar dug his heels in and refused to put his wings flat, then he did, but tucked an antennae (if that's what they're called on a moff!) under his left wing - little sod.

Whereas these smaller ones behaved impeccably.

D3+Sig 180mm f3.5
400ISO
1sec @f18
7 shot stack in CombineZM
pp Lightroom 3 Beta v.2 and CS4

Thanks for looking :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Gregory on June 4, 2010 at 1:51 PM
A beautiful shot Andy. Well sharp, good pose and great colours with the background complementing the subject. :toast: :jump:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 4, 2010 at 3:27 PM
The image would look good with just that background and the stick-the moth is just an added bonus :biggrin: Technically excellent image

Dave :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on June 4, 2010 at 4:05 PM
Simple & effective Andy, with excellent execution. :toast: :toast:

Steve :wavey:
Posted by Ian Haskell on June 4, 2010 at 4:08 PM
Nice...super slick image. Lovely and sharp the entire way through and the background is really creamy nice!

Ian
Posted by John Robinson on June 4, 2010 at 4:52 PM
Very nice indeed ! Can't quite make my mind up about the positioning in the frame but I'll think of something.

PS You left the poor little things in the trap all night ? :rolleyes: :wink:
JohnR
Posted by Dave Bartlett on June 4, 2010 at 6:02 PM
Colour palette is just perfect, as is the detail of course :toast: :toast:
Posted by Dale Sutton on June 5, 2010 at 2:13 AM
Super shot Andy.

Dale :toast: :toast:
Posted by Craig McCann on June 5, 2010 at 6:55 AM
Top class photo, Andy! The colours compliment each other wonderfully!

Craig
Posted by Mark Davies on June 5, 2010 at 8:32 AM
:smile: watch what you are doing on that roof at your age .. :biggrin:
an class example of how to shoot moffs. :toast:
Posted by Matt Cole on June 5, 2010 at 9:14 AM
really nice complementary colours here Andy and the light, composition and background aren't bad either. Not a moth I've seen before I don't think, I must have a go at a moth trap one day.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Phil Mclean on June 5, 2010 at 2:26 PM
Lovely crisp image with everything hanging together very nicely.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on June 5, 2010 at 3:24 PM
Very nice Andy of a pretty looking subject. Technically superb but not sure about the comp. Would prefer it with a bit off the top and same again on the RHS.

All the best,

Des :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on June 5, 2010 at 5:12 PM
Stunning detail and superb background. Do you carry around colour palettes for backgrounds to blend to your subjects :biggrin: :wink: These are beautiful creatures. I got a shot a couple of years ago of a male and female together - taken with a Samsung NV3 - came out really well. :wavey:
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 6, 2010 at 4:28 AM
Nice collection of browns Andy, is beige the in thing? Great shot of a fine mini beast.

Tim
Posted by Edwin kats on June 6, 2010 at 6:09 AM
Like it lots!!!

Ed