Moth in the grass

[Debboggy]

I tried to get some pictures of our humming birds today, but found them uncooperative. Instead, I got this shot of a moth in the grass:


http://debboggy.smugmug.com/photos/194626125-O.jpg

[Maestro]

What? Hummingbirds uncooperative? Nah, I don't believe you. :wink Hey, but that is a nice moth. I bet if you had used your 100mm macro lens with the tubes you could have had an even more interesting shot.

[Debboggy]

Thanks Stephen! This was actually with my 100mm macro, but I didn't have the tubes out since I was planning on the bird shots. This guy was too flighty for me to get close enough to use the tubes anyway. I would have loved to get a close up of his eyes with them, but I would have had to be about 5-6 inches away for that.

I couldn't get within 2-3 ft of him before he flew off to a new spot on the grass. This shot was actually cropped in a lot to get rid of all the extra grass around him in the original and so he wouldn't look microscopic. :rofl

One of these days I might get lucky though. :D

Thanks for looking!

[dbaker1221]

great shot! :clap

you know if you stepped on him first then it wouldn't fly away & you could get as close as you need:D

[Debboggy]

:rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl



Yeah, but would anyone really wanna see the 'after' shots??? :huh


I'm thinking more along the lines of waiting till the weather is cooler and they all start moving slower. :D

I'll keep a shoe around for plan B just in case though. :ivar