The Eyebrow of a Hawkmoth

Walter Piorkowski · Post by **Walter Piorkowski** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 11:31 am

The Eyebrow of a Hawkmoth

Leitz Ortholux in EPI mode
6.8X Orthopac objective
10X Periplan GF projection eyepiece plus 1/3X relay lens
8 combined images @ .001 inch increments
Canon 10D
Photoshop, Maxim DL

After seeing Ib Mathiasen’s excellent post ‘Experiment’ I finished up work on another moth that I had been working on..

Walt

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:37 pm

Walt... very nice! The composition is great as well.

It works fine as is. Looking at the lower right makes me wonder how it would look if a few more "layers" were added to the stack.

Bill D · Post by **Bill D** » Wed Nov 29, 2006 1:54 pm

A moth's eyebrow?? Well, now your just showing off! I 2nd Charles, the composition is very nice.

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 3:31 am

Looks good Walt, moths are rather few and far between for me at the moment.

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 4:56 am

Looks like a feathered boa. The three textures and colors are very contrasty (is that a word)

Ken Ramos · Post by **Ken Ramos** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:03 am

Doug said:

(is that a word)

Yep, sure is...I think

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 8:15 am

Ken Ramos wrote:Doug said:
(is that a word)
Yep, sure is...I think

Absolutely! Google define: contrasty picks up four definitions, all pretty much the same (for a change -- English being what it is).

--Rik

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:27 am

Nice. Would never guess what it is without title.

Maybe word contrastable could pass also but contrasty is more photgraphy specific, perhaps

Walter Piorkowski · Post by **Walter Piorkowski** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 12:07 pm

Thank you all for your encouraging comments. I don’t seem to have Bill D convinced of the eyebrow however. So I submit a single close-up lens shot of this moths head showing the ‘eyebrow’ like feature in its entirety. This moth is not very large and the naked eye can barely see this feature. It surprised me when I first say it because of the color difference.

Walt