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Post by BrokenolMarine » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:03 am

I used to sit in the various flower beds and try and catch interesting shots. This shot of the Hummingbird Moth I entered in a photo contest for the VA Wildlife Magazine and it was published as the photo of the month. I just thought the dang thing was weird looking . ;)

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I also loved the contrast in the textures of the moth and the flowers in the garden.
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Post by Les » Mon Apr 03, 2017 10:07 am

Wow! That is a truly stunning photograph, BM. Thank you for posting it. Image
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Post by PT7 » Mon Apr 03, 2017 11:25 am

Agreed! Stunningly excellent.
Yes, pointing out the unique textures is most cool.
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Post by RanchRoper » Mon Apr 03, 2017 3:27 pm

Beautiful! What a photo.
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Post by CT_Shooter » Mon Apr 03, 2017 4:31 pm

BrokenolMarine wrote: This shot of the Hummingbird Moth I entered in a photo contest for the VA Wildlife Magazine and it was published as the photo of the month. I also loved the contrast in the textures of the moth and the flowers in the garden.
I would add that the depth of field that your lens created in the background helped to enhance those textures. Great job. It's an awesome creature and your portrait of it is beautiful.
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Post by JBlaisdell » Sun Jun 04, 2017 10:58 am

I was able to snap a hummingbird moth several years ago. This was from directly above as he fed on the mint.
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Post by daytime dave » Mon Jun 05, 2017 6:55 am

Wow, congrats on being published Marine.

Both of you got pretty rare shots in my opinion.
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Post by PT7 » Mon Jun 05, 2017 8:34 am

Ditto to DD's compliment:
daytime dave wrote:Wow...Both of you got pretty rare shots in my opinion.
If either of you get/read the "Birds and Blooms" magazine, there is yet another fantastic photo (on page 58) of a Hummingbird Clearwing, a member of the hawk moth family. It Is published in the June/July 2017 edition. The photo there looks very much like your hummers, but imho your photos are much better. A comment made by one of the bird experts re. that photo was "...they move very fast. You did well to get such a good photo!" And so did you two!! :D Thanks for sharing those little guys with everyone.

BrokenolMarine wrote:I used to sit in the various flower beds and try and catch interesting shots.... shot of the Hummingbird Moth....I just thought the dang thing was weird looking . ;)
JBlaisdell wrote:I was able to snap a hummingbird moth several years ago. This was from directly above as he fed on the mint.FB_IMG_1496588118013.jpg
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