Hummingbird moth

salden · Post by **salden** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 11:11 am

This guy was out canvasing my butterfly brushes.

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:13 pm

Nice work, first time I've seen a photo of one of these from this angle...

I've never managed a decent image of these, although I did actually see one landed on a wall once, by the time I'd returned with the camera he was flying around again and never settled..

salden · Post by **salden** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 4:18 pm

These are hard to capture on camera. They are not still for a moment, so you basically have to get them in flight.

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 7:39 am

He's really lovely looking! Great pic.

Jbailey · Post by **Jbailey** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:51 pm

That's a good catch! I see a few buzzing around my yard this time of year, but have never caught one photographically. Untill you know what they are, they do look rather fearsome.

Jim

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:53 pm

They do look like some kind'a hornet or something or another. What lens did ya shoot this with?

salden · Post by **salden** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:07 pm

Ken Ramos wrote:They do look like some kind'a hornet or something or another. What lens did ya shoot this with?

The Canon 100mm Macro with kenko extension tubes.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 6:09 pm

Oh I see. A suped up 100mm macro, just wondering. I have one 25mm extention tube but seldom use it. Thanks