Silver-spotted Skipper Caterpillar

[Ken Childs]

Canon EOS REBEL T1iCanon
100mm f/2.8 Macro
Manual mode
1/500"
F18
ISO 200
Canon 430EX with extended bounce card attached: On, Fired
HH
ACR and CS5


Cropped, contrast, cloned out some spectral highlights here and there, blurred the BG, smart and high-pass sharpening.

Many caterpillars have developed false eyes as a deterrent to predators. When a bird or other predator comes upon something like this, they many think they're looking at a snake or something else that might fight back. This was shot last summer.

[jack williamson]

Cool image Ken, sharp with a good exp., a lot of fine detail on the leaf and the hairs of the cat. Incredible is the transformation that takes place from this to flying adult.

Jack

[bhavya joshi]

Well Spot and Shot.. Ken Like the detail, BG, and Sharpness too. TFS

[Cheryl Arena Molennor]

Nice and close and super cool. I would have lliked to see a bit more dof on the body.

[Julie Kenward]

I think you nailed this one, Ken. I can't think of a thing to change about it. You did a great job of controlling the flash.

[Bob Miller]

Hi Ken...great detail and sharpness in the face....I too would like to have seen more DOf on the body of the caterpillar

[Allen Sparks]

Hi Ken,
I think you nailed it too. Primary focus is where it should be...great use of flash as well. I like the placement of the caterpillar in the frame and the leaf detail as well.