Back from a one week family vacation at the cottage. The highlight of the vacation was the Luna Moths (among many various other species) greeting us every morning, clinging to the cottage exterior under the porch lights. One morning there were four of them! I took many close-ups (some which I will post later) but first off here is a "full-body" image. This one was actually on the floor of the deck, right in front of the door...a certain recipe for disaster (especially with a couple of kids coming in and out). I picked it up and placed it in the forest, in the shade for its' own comfort. I also strategically chose for it a nice "perch" with a good, clean BG ;).
Canon 40D + 100-400L @220mm, aperture priority, evaluative metering, 1/200s., f/6.3, ISO 500, +0.7 EC, handheld, full-frame except cropped from bottom to 5:4 ratio.
Daniel, I have always longed to run into one of these gorgeous creatures - you really did it justice here. I love the hard edges of the top and outer wings mixed with the soft details of the "fur" on the body area. This is really wonderful!
Was the BG naturally that dark or did you adjust it in pp? It really sets off that soft green and those beautiful antenna.
Terrific image of this lovely moth! Wonderful light and a well chosen BG. To me the dark green BG is so much better than black and it goes great with the lighter green moth. Excellent!
I think this looks very fresh, (possibly they were all relatively newly emergent?) and that gorgeous lime green color they have, wow. You dont get very often in winged creatures, this is a fabulous photograph.
Luna Moth.
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