Sunset moth tail.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:10 am

The top two images are of one of the "tails". As can be seen these scales are quite different than the ones Laurie and I have recently posted. When you look over one of these moths carefully, the variety of scales is stunning to see.

Just for a sense of the size... the middle image covers a field area of about .037 x .025 inch (0.95 x 0.76mm). It was photographed at a magnification of 25X on sensor.

The bottom image was from a small patch of "dappled" green on one of the less colorful front wings. I was struck by the odd mix and arrangement of the scales.

Gérard-64 · Post by **Gérard-64** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:24 am

Wonderfull!

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 3:15 am

Fabulous. That last one looks so man made!

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:09 pm

Cyclops wrote:That last one looks so man made!

Meanwhile the nanomaterial folks are saying "Wow, that looks so organic! Wouldn't it be great if we could make things that complex?!"

Awesome work, Charlie -- you do magic with forms and colors!

--Rik

Aynia · Post by **Aynia** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 12:12 pm

They are beautiful.

For some reason I prefer the first two... perhaps because they seem more peaceful... if that makes any sense at all!!

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 1:42 pm

Lovely!

Only slightly miffed, I've been meaning to shoot that white edging!

And I'll be on the lookout for that section in shot 3!

When you look over one of these moths carefully, the variety of scales is stunning to see.

Definitely. If you have a macro studio you owe it to yourself to get one of these!