moth by mickuk50

Photography • Insects • posted on May 23, 2008

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morning all :o) this moth caught my attention yesterday .its resting on a tea towel on the backdoor .it was futtering its wings all the time it was landed which made the shot a challenge .i used flash in the end :o)..i am becoming quite fascinated by close up shots and will post a few more over the next few days have a great day and thanks for looking .take care mick

Comments (37)

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thelamb

3:07AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Good morning :-) Amazing close up and great contrast in colour xx

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beachzz

3:07AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Wow, Mick, you really captured this well, you never think of a moth as being so beautiful!!

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jeroni

3:12AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

nice mood, great composition

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Doriutz

3:23AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Fantastic shot and details. Superb colors :)

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phill456

3:37AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Glorious detailed macro. Super capture. Mick, the rosella is a fruit, don't know its origin, however they are made into a gorgious red jam in our part of the country. I will, in time try to capture a pic of a bloosom. Tkanks for the query. Cheers Phill.

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Hendesse

4:07AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Superb macro, fantastic details. Have a great day too, Mick!

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durleybeachbum

4:08AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Gosh, Mick! I got really excited when I saw this excellent pic! I received Michael Chinery's field guide to the Moths of GB and Ireland for my birthday last year, because of my increasing interest in all things with 6 or more legs. Evidentally there are 50 or Pug moths, who generally rest with their wings outstretched like yours. I don't expect you share my obsession with finding out names, but I think this is the Common Pug, Eupithecia vulgata, whose feeding plants are a wide variety of trees,shrubs and herbaceous plants. So now you know, even if you didn't want to! SUCH a clear photo!

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fredster66

4:12AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Really well seen in this image Mick... excellent shot, great details!

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CavalierLady

6:21AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Wonderful macro, and great DOF, Mick. Looking forward to more. This is a wonderful pose he gave you and great details. :)

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ShadowsNTime

6:25AM | Fri, 23 May 2008

Wow! Great capture Mick, I like the tea towel background, sets the moth off perfectly! Superb detail and you can actually catch just a bit of movement in the wings. Thanks for sharing your grans button story:-)Nice coincidence!

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