Deilephila porcellus

[Gérard-64]

[rjlittlefield]

Well, this is a flashy critter!

One of the large sphinx moths, I believe. Do you happen to know what the field size of this photo is?

Illumination looks good except it's too hot in places -- some areas near the eye and on top of the head are blown out to pure white where they should be showing detail from scales. Stacking looks good. I'm not seeing any artifacts unless the stacking is what caused those hot spots.

I have to say I am bothered by so many loose scales lying around. I wish the specimen had been cleaned more thoroughly. For such a large moth, a small artist's brush could be used. Compressed air, a CO2 duster, or something similar is faster and less tedious, though.

But this is nice -- I'm looking forward to more!

What illumination, lens setup, and software did you use?

--Rik

[Gérard-64]

Thanks Rik,I'll try to answer but you have to know that my English is not very good..
Concerning the pure white spots:they are not illumination defect but only the real color of some scales.For this shot I used a Nikkor 105/2.8 VR + Raynox DCR 250(1second,F20,Iso 100.The illumination was provided by a a single small neon tube(desk lamp).The stacking soft is HeliconFocus.
PS: this is a 35% crop.

[beetleman]

WOW the "hot" pink is amazing. No halos, everything looks very crisp.

[Gérard-64]

Thanks Doug.

[rjlittlefield]

Thanks for the info, Gérard-64.

Your English seems fine. Can you understand mine? Sometimes even native speakers have trouble -- I tend to use big words and long sentences!

--Rik

[Gérard-64]

Thanks for the info, Gérard-64.

Your English seems fine. Can you understand mine? Sometimes even native speakers have trouble -- I tend to use big words and long sentences!

--Rik

Ho yes I can understand you very well!It's probably because I am not a native speaker....Sorry this is french humour!

[rjlittlefield]

And quite excellent humour indeed! I appreciate the sentiment.

--Rik