Tent Caterpillar

[Allen Sparks]

Canon Rebel XT, Sigma 150mm macro, Tamron 1.4 Pro teleconverter, Canon 580 Speedlite II, hand held
ISO 400, 1/200, f16, manual exposure, full flash
We were infested by these buggers this past Spring.

[Julie Kenward]

Nice details on the caterpillar, Allen! I do wish the flower weren't so "littered" with spots - they are far too numerous to do a simple clone clean up. Also, I'm finding my eye jumping over to the yellow center as it really pops against the purple.

If you are, by chance, infested with these little guys again next year, I'd pull one to a nice monotone BG and open up the aperture a bit to diffuse the surroundings some more. I do also like the placement of him in the frame - the diagonal line works very well here.

[Mike Moats]

Hey Allen, very nice sharp details on the cat, and next time if you have a diffuser shade the area in the BG and that will tone down that bright BG and mute it more