Hummingbird Clearwing

Posted by Craig Lipski on Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:40 am

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Hummingbird Clearwing
Hemaris thysbe

Livingston Co, MI

5DIV
100-400 4.5-5.6 II
1/1600, f/7.1
Eval +.33
iso 1600

I got several shots of this bug, and normally shy away from the "angling away" factor, but I liked this better than the face-on, angling in, or profile shots.

Comments and suggestions always welcome.

Good light,
Craig

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by Matthew Pugh on Wed Sep 05, 2018 3:09 pm

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Hi

Well it works for me - a flight shot with this degree of sharpness and composition is pretty much always impressive imo

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by Tom Whelan on Wed Sep 05, 2018 10:15 pm

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Fine image of a fast moving subject.

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by ChrisRoss on Fri Sep 07, 2018 8:30 pm

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Nice shot Craig, good pose and detail, I would maybe place it a touch higher in the frame and on my monitor at least it could be a little brighter.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Sat Sep 08, 2018 5:40 am

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I agree with your choice- this pose shows the flower through it's wing- very cool! Also nice details in the body.

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