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Snowberry Clearwing Moth
Snowberry Clearwing Moth
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Collection: 2008-08 30 Days of Flowers
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Sigma 100-300mm f/4.0 EX IF HSM for Nikon
Location: Springfield, VA
Date: Jul 29, 2008
Aperture: f/4
ISO: 800
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Nature, Floral
Date Uploaded: Aug 28, 2008

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Comments: 6
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 Day 28 of 30 Flowers

It's been raining all day so this is from my "archives." A relative of the Hummingbird Moth, which seemed like an appropriate followup to yesterday's actual Hummingbird. They hover like a Hummingbird instead of landing on the flowers they're sipping from.

It was early evening when he visited so I had to crank up the ISO.

PP - converted from RAW, cropped, 2nd layer (Gaussian blur, dodged bug and flower, merged in multiply mode at 10% transparency), dodged/burnt bug a little more, added border, resized, sharpened with noise reduction.

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 08/29/2008 04:14:31 PM
Lucky you! I've only ever seen one of these, years ago.
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 08/29/2008 01:21:25 PM
Great capture!
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 08/29/2008 02:12:17 AM
Nice catch and pose. (Awhile back I found the caterpillar of a close relation, very beautiful and uncommon for here, so its nice to see its apogee).
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 08/29/2008 12:20:28 AM
Strong beautiful colors, and very appealing to the eye.
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 08/28/2008 07:29:13 PM
For late in the evening, an excellent job!
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 08/28/2008 05:33:07 PM
I've never seen one of these before -- always good to learn something new!

Good detail considering the shooting conditions.
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