Texas Wasp Moth

Posted by Craig Lipski on Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:31 pm

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Texas Wasp Moth
Horama panthalon

Imitation is the sincerest form of. . . defense?

Canon 1D Mk IV
100-400 4.5-5.6 v.2 @400 mm
f/5.6, 1/125 sec
Evaluative metering +.67
iso 200
Handheld, natural light

Comments, constructive criticism, and re-posts always welcome.

Good light,
Craig

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by Tom Whelan on Thu Mar 16, 2017 9:50 pm

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Excellent image - a super subject, fine composition, pose, and details. Reminds me of one of the Ctenucha (Ctenuchina) group of moths.

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by WOlf38 on Fri Mar 17, 2017 7:08 am

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What a beautiful moth!!
Very nice image!
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by Ron Day on Fri Mar 17, 2017 3:18 pm

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Beautiful, well composed image - the coloring of the moth is wonderful!

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by mikullashbee on Fri Mar 17, 2017 4:51 pm

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Very cool species. I love those back legs. Great shot

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by paulo on Sun Mar 19, 2017 5:24 am

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Great colours and sharp were it needs. Fine image.

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by Matthew Pugh on Mon Mar 20, 2017 5:57 am

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Hi

A fine image and an excellent spot - well done from me

Thanks for the view
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by ThomasBarbin on Thu Mar 30, 2017 2:55 pm

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Wow, the colours are stunning! This is really selling me on the 100-400.

If you don't mind me asking, how much, if at all did you crop this photo? Also, how far were you from the moth?

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by Craig Lipski on Thu Mar 30, 2017 5:33 pm

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Thanks for the kind comments, all.
Thomas, the critter was centered in the frame, so I took some off the top and right for composition - the bottom and left are straight out of the camera. I'm not sure how close I was, but the MkIV is a 1.3x crop factor body, and that was at 400mm (the minimum focus of the lens is ~1m if I recall - it's awesome for quasi macro work.)

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by Sandy R-B on Sat May 20, 2017 5:37 pm