Moths

[John Mack]

This image was created in Ithaca, New York on 5/26/18 at 3:46PM. Image adjustments in Lightroom and Photoshop.

Camera on sticks triggered with remote.

Full Frame. Stack on five images.

Canon 5D MarkIV
Canon 180mm 3.5L Macro USM
ISO 1600
f/14
1/160sec

[Jonathan Ashton]

A tricky subject if ever I saw one (where's the dew?:bg3:)
This one doesn't quite work for me, I appreciate it is easier for me to criticise than it is to arrange but i think the flower head would look better vertically oriented. The mating moths look like pretty complex shaped along with dark/contrasting structures so I think it would prove difficult to optimise their presentation.
I love the colour of the flower head - is this a wild or cultivated flower?

[John Mack]

Thanks Jonathan, It's a cultivated flower here. I believe this is salvia.