Hummingbird Hawkmoth

This was taken while on holiday in Corfu, Greece.

There were lots of these within feet of our chalet door and I spent hours chasing after them, getting some odd looks from other holidaymakers who couldn't make out what I was doing in the bushes

Well, I had more fun doing that than I would have on the beach.

Minolta Dynax 7D (now deceased after I accidentally dropped it)
Sigma 70-300 super macro 2 (died the same way)
1/3200th sec
f5.6
ISO 400
210mm
Hand held

Great shot !
I love Lantana plants too,
Good stuff.
JR

Thanks John, so that's what they're called, you learn a lot on this site

Geoff.

Great colours and the detail is also excellent. Really stands out against the background.

Great colour in this one I wonder if it would have looked better with more depth of field as there was plenty of shutter speed to play with would the oof flower have been more in focus WDYT just wondering about this but its still a lovely image, used to dabble in a bit of macro so trying to get more and more info from all your great shots on here

You have done a great job here Geoff.

Dale

Thanks everyone
I wouldn't have used f5.6 for the usual macro subjects but the only shots I had of these that were of any use were taken at this shutter speed or even faster.

They never stopped moving and those wings beat at incredible speeds and I was trying to freeze the action, lucky I was in Corfu where the light was very bright or I'd have stood no chance.

I was trying to isolate just one flower and get a clean background and also get one to pose in the right place, wasn't easy lol.
I wish that front flower wasn't there but I like the pose I've captured here and I just had to take what I could get.

Geoff.

I love these; we had some in the garden up here in the midlands a few years back and I wish they would visit us again. The important stuff looks pretty sharp to me Geoffrey although I agree that a greater Dof would have been nice. It's a lovely shot anyway. How many wingbeats a second do you reckon then if you can't freeze them at 1/3200 of a second? Isn't nature incredible?
eric

I had one of these in the garden the other week, seemed very interested in the Red Valerian, I got one shot and I can assure it won't be onthe forum anytime soon !

Great image, the colours really make th eimage jump off the screen, really well done.

Drew

Thanks Geoffrey for answering my query, I appreciate how fast these are I once had one hovering around a hanging basket I had they are quite spectaclar to see

Very nice shot, subject really pops
I also had one in the garden a few weeks back - a treat to see.


Simon

A great capture and a nice dynamic pose as well A fitting tribute to the demise of your camera I guess!

Nits covered, still a good shot!

Des

Works for me Geoff, I would love to see one of these.

Andy...

Hi Geoff,like this a lot

Thanks everyone

Geoff.