EMPEROR MOTH

I don't know how you get these phenomenal closeups, but they are wonderful! This one is amazing!

Thanks Kim, patience and perserverence, but the fact that I live in a jungle also helps.

You must spend a lot of time crawling around with your face in the bushes for these! This one is definitely one of my favorites.

This is superior! Never seen one of these anywhere. Fabulous. What camera were you using?

I WAS USING THE CANNON 20D WITH THE TAMRON MACRO LENS.

EMPEROR MOTH.

I hope never to see one! Holy cow, this thing is creepy! Like some sort of evil rotten stuffed-animal waiting to pounce. Very well done.

Great macro work! I really wanted to see it larger. thanks for sharing.

WOW

Now I know what an emperor moth is. Great work. What a pair of beautiful horns!!!

IF THE MARTIANS DID LAND I WOULD,NT TELL ANYONE.THEY MIGHT DO A BETTER JOB AT LOOKING AFTER THE PLANET THAN WE ARE.

He is a funny little creature, nice catch. Kinda looks like a martian. Cheers, Sondra 7/7

Has avery unimpressed, comical look on its face. Great shot.

Beautiful! Very nice model!

Well, i think i'll consider moving my home to Australia. Did you heard of a cheap apartment or something, not too far from those fascinating insects you live with ?

I have one at the back of my place,if you ever decide to come to Australia to do some photographing, you are welcome to use it, and it won,t cost you anything as long as you can put up with hundreds of croaking frogs an eccentric hubby and a crazy woman and of course all these great insects and bugs.

well done, 7/7

extraordinary detail on the face and the antenas Birte! I've never seen a moth this close before, great job.

Thank you for your comment on my image Fatal Attraction on July 4th. How is the new lens? is this shot taken with it?

Best regards.

Very interesting and fascinating work. Well done.

Top rates for sure. Kind regards.

Thank you for the kind comments, yes it was done with the new lens, I bought several lens, this one was done with the Tamron 180.

Birte, i took good notice of your invitation. Beware, i might land someday in Australia with the 20D and the 100 mm ! I like bugs, and i don't object to crazy woman, so i've no hesitation... Tell me, is the 180 mm harder to use than a "smaller" macro lens ? I've read that dealing with DoF with this kind of lens is just hell. (Took me one full month to begin to tame my 100 macro).

Yes it is hell, and its so heavy, I am still battling with it too,I have only had the thing about a month....but just started using it about three weeks ago...this moth stayed put for awhile and I was able to run in to get the tripod......and I meant it if you land in OZ you are welcome.

Wait...I've got first dibs on the cabin! Now I'm REALLY going to have to save up...unless I get sidetracked with a nice new camera like yours!

This is a great shot. Detail, focus, colour and background. Regards: Jose

Beautiful. And excellent focus and composition.