Jason Idzerda
Datana Ministra Moth in the Rain
My second last day at Killbear this year was wet and cold. The rain held off at first and I planned to take the canoe out on the lake before the storm hit but as I got to the water, I could see it in the distance. I watched the sheet of rain pass over the calm water and just before it got to the shoreline, I rushed back to my campsite. We had a big tarp set up so that we could still sit outside but avoid getting soaked. My brother found a really cool moth before breakfast and I had to try and get a cool macro shot before he took off. Kevin (my brother) held an umbrella over my camera setup while I quickly held my flash out in the rain over the moth to take the picture and then pull it back under the umbrella to dry it off with my shirt. I took over 100 photos before I started worrying about my flash becoming too wet so at this point I pulled everything back under the tarp to review the photos. This is when I discovered the amazing background that I was planning on just keeping black. All the raindrops that were falling caught the light and showed up perfectly in the photo. I was expecting just a macro shot of a moth but it turned out to be one of my favourites from the entire trip.
Copyright © 2013, Jason Idzerda
Datana Ministra Moth in the Rain
My second last day at Killbear this year was wet and cold. The rain held off at first and I planned to take the canoe out on the lake before the storm hit but as I got to the water, I could see it in the distance. I watched the sheet of rain pass over the calm water and just before it got to the shoreline, I rushed back to my campsite. We had a big tarp set up so that we could still sit outside but avoid getting soaked. My brother found a really cool moth before breakfast and I had to try and get a cool macro shot before he took off. Kevin (my brother) held an umbrella over my camera setup while I quickly held my flash out in the rain over the moth to take the picture and then pull it back under the umbrella to dry it off with my shirt. I took over 100 photos before I started worrying about my flash becoming too wet so at this point I pulled everything back under the tarp to review the photos. This is when I discovered the amazing background that I was planning on just keeping black. All the raindrops that were falling caught the light and showed up perfectly in the photo. I was expecting just a macro shot of a moth but it turned out to be one of my favourites from the entire trip.
Copyright © 2013, Jason Idzerda