camouflage?
We went to a superb wildlife photography talk by the very talented Des Ong earlier in the week. As well as his shots of Musk Ox in Norway and rainforest photos, Des also showed some lovely macro shots of tiny local wildlife. That inspired me to put the mostly unused macro lens on the Sony A58 and prowl the garden. Needless to say, I spotted nothing, but Jackie spotted a dragonfly on a flower stalk and after many failed attempts to locate the thing on the LCD screen, I eventually got an adequate hand held shot. Late afternoon today, I'm walking past our front door with some ladders and spot this moth just beyond the door. It looks like it would be extremely well camouflaged on the right background, but our painted, rendered brickwork wasn't a great choice for it. For me, it was brilliant. It stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb and it even obligingly stayed in place while I set up a tripod. I relied on autofocus and didn't manage the usual maxim to focus on the eyes. Maybe next time.
camouflage?
We went to a superb wildlife photography talk by the very talented Des Ong earlier in the week. As well as his shots of Musk Ox in Norway and rainforest photos, Des also showed some lovely macro shots of tiny local wildlife. That inspired me to put the mostly unused macro lens on the Sony A58 and prowl the garden. Needless to say, I spotted nothing, but Jackie spotted a dragonfly on a flower stalk and after many failed attempts to locate the thing on the LCD screen, I eventually got an adequate hand held shot. Late afternoon today, I'm walking past our front door with some ladders and spot this moth just beyond the door. It looks like it would be extremely well camouflaged on the right background, but our painted, rendered brickwork wasn't a great choice for it. For me, it was brilliant. It stuck out like the proverbial sore thumb and it even obligingly stayed in place while I set up a tripod. I relied on autofocus and didn't manage the usual maxim to focus on the eyes. Maybe next time.