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Warren Spreng
08-16-2015, 03:56 PM
I thought this was a beetle at first and then I looked it up and the description noted that they are often mistaken for a beetle because they curl their wings around themselves. Pretty little guy! Hand held, AF, late afternoon sun. I flipped this upside down because I didn't like him crawling down the flower, touched up the BG a bit in PC CC.
Canon T3i
Canon 60mm Macro
ISO 800
1/2000
f/8

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Randy Stout
08-16-2015, 04:48 PM
Warren:

Neat bit of natural history. The oranges and purple work well together. Effective dof.

A side effect of him crawling down the stem was a shadow on the head. Might try to lift that gently.

Cheers

Randy

Warren Spreng
08-16-2015, 08:24 PM
Warren:

Neat bit of natural history. The oranges and purple work well together. Effective dof.

A side effect of him crawling down the stem was a shadow on the head. Might try to lift that gently.

Cheers

Randy

Thanks Randy! Nice catch on that shadow, I totally missed that! I'll do a RP in the morning.

Warren Spreng
08-17-2015, 11:54 AM
Here is an RP with the shadows on the head worked a bit.

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David Cowling
08-18-2015, 09:50 AM
The RP really improves the image Warren. Very interesting moth, I don't think we have them this side of the pond. I might be inclined to lighten the whole image just a tad and perhaps a touch of saturation. A really nice image and well done for finding it.

Warren Spreng
08-18-2015, 07:41 PM
Thanks David!

Jonathan Ashton
08-19-2015, 06:03 AM
The repost is better, a really interesting shot I have never seen anything like it before.

Diane Miller
08-19-2015, 12:01 PM
Very nice!! Interesting critter with great complementary colored BG. I would never have guessed it was flipped and can't see any hint of it. The shadow on the head could be coming from one of the flowers.

Warren Spreng
08-20-2015, 06:07 AM
Thanks Jonathan and Diane! I had never seen this before either and now that I have seen this one I see them everywhere! Funny how this hobby makes you so much more aware of things you have never noticed before!