Sidewinder
I haven't had as much time for photography or Flickr as I would have liked the past two months or so. I have been working on a little project in our back yard, trying to catch moths on the wing as they visit our cleome flowers. Every night just after darkness falls perhaps 15 or 20 of these moths visit the cleome. It seems the flowers open up more as it darkens. I have been pre-focusing at a short distance and using an F-stop of 22 or 32 to try and get them in action. With my flash set at 1/8th power, to keep the flash duration as short as possible, I just blast away in the hopes I will get one in focus. Somewhat frustrating, but fun too. These two are the best I have to show for about 400 shots at the quick little buggers. A very knowledgeable and generous Flickr user, willapalens, has helped me ID these as cabbage moths. With over 350 varieties of moth in many folks' own back yard, IDs can be challenging to say the least. So much to learn.....so little time.
Sidewinder
I haven't had as much time for photography or Flickr as I would have liked the past two months or so. I have been working on a little project in our back yard, trying to catch moths on the wing as they visit our cleome flowers. Every night just after darkness falls perhaps 15 or 20 of these moths visit the cleome. It seems the flowers open up more as it darkens. I have been pre-focusing at a short distance and using an F-stop of 22 or 32 to try and get them in action. With my flash set at 1/8th power, to keep the flash duration as short as possible, I just blast away in the hopes I will get one in focus. Somewhat frustrating, but fun too. These two are the best I have to show for about 400 shots at the quick little buggers. A very knowledgeable and generous Flickr user, willapalens, has helped me ID these as cabbage moths. With over 350 varieties of moth in many folks' own back yard, IDs can be challenging to say the least. So much to learn.....so little time.