📷 Beauty in the Details - Super Close-ups of a Moth's Wing [original photos]
Intricate Beauty
Nature's Work of Art
I spotted this moth a while ago and noticed it wasn't moving, so I took it home and shot a few close-up photos of its scaly wings before setting it free. When I viewed the photos on my computer, I was intrigued by the structure and details of its wings. The iridescent colors are also really beautiful. This got me interested for my later project, close-ups of butterfly wings, which I posted here on Steemit a while back (link below).
I shot these with a Canon EOS M camera, using a 100 mm macro lens with a 18-55 mm lens in reverse to the 100 mm lens. Lighting was done with a flash and diffuser. The vignetting is caused by such a lens combination and also stopping the 100 mm lens down, the 18-55 mm lens was wide open.
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Really great! (;
Thank you :)
Very nice!
A tame moth, very convenient.
I think it may have been breathing its last breaths when I found it :(
It's nature and all that, but feels like it's a shame nonetheless.
Amazing. I thought it was some light display.
Thanks, well it is technically a display of reflected light :)
You're welcome. Everything is a display of reflected light, right? Total darkness=no light=need flashlight. :-)
:)
Tiny nature is amazing!
It sure is!
Wow, macro is sure a whole new world! Beautiful!
Thanks, it never ceases to amaze me :)