Beauty is in the eye of the beholder

This photo is the eye of a Common Quaker / Orthosia cerasi

 

It's the right time of year to see this relatively large European moth. It is only around for two or three months in the springtime. It's the backend of the season for them so I'm happy I managed to get a photo of one. Most people I speak to don't like moths too much but I think they are incredible. I preffer them to most butterflies. I thought I would give the coloured backgrounds a break and try something a little more abstract.

 

There are so many things i like about moths I could waffle on all day about it. I'll not waste your time by writing about it here, but I'll just pick one thing. Those scale tipped hairs, more obvious in the top right area of this photo. There are lots of images around of them as they make a good subject for testing high magnification lenses, that aside I find them fascinating, even the tiniest of moths have them too.

 

If you want to see them closer, please take a look at probably my favourite macro photographer at the moment, Nikola Rahme's beatiful 40x stack.

 

Done