With the continued wet and windy weather I have persisted with the bug photography. I managed to find this nocturnal Angle Shades moth on an Alkanet leaf so I plucked him up and delicately brought him home to the make-shift studio (dining room table) and got a few shots before taking him back to the same spot and releasing it. The set up is the same as for the green bug... 2 wireless 550EX with Stofens flashing through a Portaflash 5-in-1 diffuser.
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
1/250 sec @ F9
ISO: 200
EF100mm F2.8 Macro & 25mm Extension tube
Tripod & 3-way head
2x 550EX flashguns wireless
Portaflash 5-in-1 reflector.
Effective use of flash once again and the shooting angle works for me,giving a good view of the wing patterning and those tufts of hair (don't know the technical term) on top of the moths body and head.
I'd be tempted to clone out those two light coloured bits towards the bottom of the frame just to add the finishing touch.
Another well execute image from your 'home studio'. if it were mine I woulld probably have orientated the moth so that it was pointing towards one of the top corners rather than one of the bottom, but that is quite minor....
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3 repliesWith the continued wet and windy weather I have persisted with the bug photography. I managed to find this nocturnal Angle Shades moth on an Alkanet leaf so I plucked him up and delicately brought him home to the make-shift studio (dining room table) and got a few shots before taking him back to the same spot and releasing it. The set up is the same as for the green bug... 2 wireless 550EX with Stofens flashing through a Portaflash 5-in-1 diffuser.
Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II
1/250 sec @ F9
ISO: 200
EF100mm F2.8 Macro & 25mm Extension tube
Tripod & 3-way head
2x 550EX flashguns wireless
Portaflash 5-in-1 reflector.
I'd be tempted to clone out those two light coloured bits towards the bottom of the frame just to add the finishing touch.
Graeme