Urania riphaeus wing scales

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:06 pm

After seeing Charlie's and then dmillard's shots of this amazing moth some time ago I couldn't resist picking one up when the chance presented itself.

I've been trying to shoot it for the last couple of days and boy is it a challenge to light properly! These are my best attempts so far...

dmillard · Post by **dmillard** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:45 pm

lauriek wrote: I've been trying to shoot it for the last couple of days and boy is it a challenge to light properly! These are my best attempts so far...

Very nice Laurie!

The second image looks exceptionally opulent (I rarely have the opportunity to use that word

).

David

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:26 pm

Good grief they look like man made fibres like you might find on a sofa cushion or similar

augusthouse · Post by **augusthouse** » Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:03 am

Fascinating!

Craig

Tom Stack · Post by **Tom Stack** » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:34 pm

Wow, really impressive and well done. Love the golden tones.

Lens, lighting, number of images in stack?

Tom

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:24 am

They look lovely and soft.

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:39 pm

Thanks all!

Tom, it was the Nikon 10x CF objective, Olympus macro twinflash (Still in the market for a fibre optic rig!), from memory the 10x images were 40-50 images per stack.. Sorry I don't know how I forgot to mention any technical details!

Tom Stack · Post by **Tom Stack** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:05 pm

Laurie,

Thanks for the technical feedback info. Amazing results w/o fibre optics!
WTG

Tom

Tom Stack · Post by **Tom Stack** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:16 pm

Laurie,

By The Way, absolutely love your new website and blog. First class and packed with valuable information and images! Thank you for sharing this
knowledge: http://www.laurieknight.net/

Best

Tom

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