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John Chardine
06-15-2009, 10:03 AM
This is a Rosy Maple Moth- Dryocampa rubicunda, found under a porch light last night at Sackville, New Brunswick. This species is in the family Saturniidae which includes the silk moths. The colours are quite remarkable!

Canon EOS 5D, 100mm f2.8 macro USM II
capture date: Monday, 15 June, 2009 11:45 AM
exposure program: Aperture Priority
ISO speed: 640
shutter speed: 1/20
aperture: f22.0
exposure bias: +0.0
metering: Pattern
flash: OFF

Julie Kenward
06-15-2009, 06:28 PM
I think if I saw this land on an orange or purple flower I'd have a heart attack and die on the spot! Wow...is that a beautiful insect! Love the diagonal comp and the details of the fuzzy areas are wonderful. Perfect image...unless that imaginary purple flower had been nearby!

Mike Moats
06-15-2009, 07:38 PM
Hey John, very cool subject, like the nice details, colors, and nice looking BG. Well done.

Randy Stout
06-16-2009, 10:16 AM
John:

Very nice, sharp, well exposed, and a heck of a subject. I love the detail. It looks almost like a stuffed animal, all soft and fuzzy, with pipe cleaners for antenna! The purple looks like it was painted on with watercolors!

Thanks for sharing this one!

Randy

Steve Canuel
06-20-2009, 12:03 AM
Beautiful moth and you did well to capture/hold the details. Very nice.