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Caterpillar..

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Posted by Brett Lewis on July 13, 2010 at 4:42 PM
... of the Puss Moth (Cerura vinula).

Canon 5D MKII, Sigma 150mm Macro
1/40 sec @ f11, ISO 400, Tripod
Posted by Karen Summers on July 13, 2010 at 5:18 PM
wow I think that is fabulous you can even see the tiny hairs on the legs or feet if thats what you call them, beautiful colour and comp
Posted by John Robinson on July 13, 2010 at 5:23 PM
Nice shot Brett
Never seen one this colour before. ( No pale line between the black and the green ) Maybe one of the Kittens ?
Hope it goes down better than mine did :wink: )
Cheers
JohnR
Posted by Paul Rosser on July 13, 2010 at 5:34 PM
STUNNING! :toast: :toast: :toast:
Regards,
Paul. :wavey:
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 13, 2010 at 5:35 PM
Thanks Karen & Paul,

John: I'm led to believe that it is in about the 3rd Instar stage.. I'm no expert on these but found out a bit by reading a trick or two.. :wink:

Kind regards,

Brett :wavey:
Posted by John Robinson on July 13, 2010 at 5:50 PM
Brett
Don't know about the instrar jobby but it looks like a Kitten catty to me.
Cheers

JR
Posted by Ian Haskell on July 13, 2010 at 5:53 PM
Looks pretty good to me....razor sharp where it needs to be with nice dof and superb background.

Ian
Posted by Craig Jones on July 13, 2010 at 5:57 PM
What a strange,but beautiful creature this is :rolleyes: :rolleyes: stunning colours and just amazing how mothernature made this,beautiful subject,captured really well and love the landscape composition Brett :eek: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Barry Southon on July 13, 2010 at 6:39 PM
Brett

What a very well captured image tahnks for sharing.
:wink:
Posted by Dale Sutton on July 14, 2010 at 1:38 AM
Superb brett

Dale :toast:
Posted by Graham Goddard on July 14, 2010 at 3:04 AM
Very striking Brett - super image :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andrew Stagg on July 14, 2010 at 5:08 AM
Definately 3rd instar Puss. Missing 'tails' which makes it look slightly different. Lovely sharp image tho
Posted by Robert Lawrence on July 14, 2010 at 5:59 AM
3rd instar ?? Are we talking N/H or Star Wars here? Lovely image again Brett and just to complete my degree in muppetry....which end is the head?
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 14, 2010 at 6:07 AM
Wonderful image. Well done. :smile:
Posted by John Robinson on July 14, 2010 at 6:42 AM
I stand corrected :biggrin:
Missing tails makes it look odd.
JR
Posted by Dave Bartlett on July 14, 2010 at 7:07 AM
Superb shot with remarkable detail - the feet on the leaf are great :toast:
Posted by Phil Mclean on July 14, 2010 at 7:08 AM
Very impressive image Brett.
1/40 sec; whenever I see caterpillars feeding they seem to be in supercharged munching mode!I'd need 1/4000 sec.

Phil. :toast:
Posted by Mark Davies on July 14, 2010 at 10:01 AM
impressive image , a great find and superbly executed
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 14, 2010 at 10:25 AM
superb image, well done :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Stephen Kaluski on July 14, 2010 at 11:41 AM
Sorry Brett, missed this one.

Echo marks comments, cracking detail in there. :toast:

TFS
Steve :wavey:
Posted by Matt Cole on July 14, 2010 at 3:17 PM
that's very nice Brett. I particularly like the fact that it's eating the leaf that it's sat on.

Matt :toast:
Posted by Paul King on July 14, 2010 at 3:38 PM
A right corker, agree 3rd instar. best of these i've seen. :toast: :toast: :toast:
Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 14, 2010 at 4:45 PM
Never seen one of these Brett but have photographed quite a few caterpillars this year. This is truly stunning. No nits from me. :wavey: :toast:
Posted by Marcus Conway on July 14, 2010 at 5:06 PM
Beautiful image Brett, the balance is really compelling for me :toast:
Posted by keith mitchell on July 15, 2010 at 2:58 AM
Stunning image,no nits.
:toast: :toast: :toast:
Keith.
Posted by Andy Shepherd on July 15, 2010 at 6:06 AM

Another very fine macro shot Brett, detail, sharpness and composition are all spot on.

Andy...
Posted by Des Ong on July 15, 2010 at 8:01 AM
Is it wrong to say that this is 'pretty'?!

Regards,

Des :toast: :toast:
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 15, 2010 at 8:33 AM
Not at all Des, you carry on..! :biggrin:

Thanks to all for your comments. they're much appreciated.

Kind regards,

Brett :toast: