by Graham Brown
Hawkmoths are large moths and there are nine species resident in Britain and probably a further eight which occur as migrants. The adults feed at night and take nectar from honeysuckles, petunias and other flowers and are therefore found in parks and gardens. This was taken on a fushia plant which is a favourite food of the caterpillar.
Canon 7D, Sigma 105mm, 1/8th sec at f9 and iso200
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6 commentsGreat color ! I like the position of the moth and the fine detail captured in this image. BG works well. Thanks for sharing.
Hi Graham.
Very nice colors and the center composition appears to work for this image. You should selectively work on the burnt highlights on the legs. You should be able to get some additional texture and features on the legs. Other than that, I like the image alot for its color and subject
...................................Jim
Hi Jim, There is very little detail in their legs and even in the raw image it is difficult to see. It is impossible to show this detail in low resolution images used here. Thanks for commenting. Graham
Nice photo of the incredibly colored hawk moth, Graham. Amazing the way the fusia colored hawk moth settled on the fushia plant. I know that happens a lot in nature with insects, but it's still cool to see and interesting to capture photographically, as done here. Great look at the moth.
Great details and I especially like the complimentary red color of the perch/plant Graham.
Beautiful moth, Well done
Graham, you've got great details in this moth and a well coordinated background. How nice that it's landed on a perch with very complementary colors, although given your information that fuschia is a favorite food, I suppose one could imaging that some of it's color comes from the plant.