"Nondescript" small gray moth wing

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 10:33 pm

Found this dead small grey moth. Overall, not colorful or terribly exciting. But in a subtle way, I found the edge of a wing quite attractive. Taken at 9X on sensor. 50 image stack.

Mitutoyo Plan Apo 10/0.28 with Olympus U-TLU tube lens. Nikon MM-11 microscope. Canon 50D. One Ikea LED light.

Craig Gerard · Post by **Craig Gerard** » Wed Apr 25, 2012 11:39 pm

Charlie,

Elegant order indeed!

The lower section of the image, any chance of a panorama style crop of that area?

*no need, I can scroll the page and crop it myself.

Craig

discomorphella · Post by **discomorphella** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:11 am

Hi Charlie--

Nondescript my, er, um, yeah. You have a way of making the "nondescript" into something very descript. That's really beautiful. I will have a greater appreciation for those little gray moths now. Of course, I am still going to smash them if they try to lay eggs on my clothes...But after seeing this I will have to make sure that I don't damage their wings in the process...
David

Jacek · Post by **Jacek** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 12:51 am

Picture amazing, you're a master

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:24 am

Wow, every scale is in focus. Beautiful.