cinnabar-moth- Photo

Photographer’s Note

This is a Cinnabar moth they are day-light flying sort, it is what those black and yellow catapillars turn in to. Again the bright red colour is a warning not to eat as he inherits a whole load of poisons from the food plants the catapillars ate.
Alterations.
Open crop to 21 X 29.5 @ 600dpi
check levels
clone out single petal end in top left-hand corner.
saturation +6
contrast +5
Burntool on far antaene 45% & sharp tool 40% to darken a nd bring into focus.
unsharp mask 156% X 2.7px X threshold 1
save to file for printing
reduce image size to72 dpi X 800 pixcels
save to web at as close to the 200 limit
post to TE
PS probably the last post for a couple of days comp going in for some remeadial work see you all soon ;0))))#

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huglac (238) 2003-09-16 19:52

Magnificent bibite. Very beautiful contrast, very net photo, really it is magnificent. Bravo!
Magnifique bibite. Très beau contraste, photo très nette, vraiment c'est superbe. Bravo!

AdrianW (2237) 2003-09-16 20:05

Nice shot! You've managed to capture an impressive amount of detail, considering how small they are. I think about my only suggestion would be to make the moth slightly more central vertically - it feels like he's about to escape at the moment ;-D

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Motrem (2392) 2003-09-16 20:45

Very beautiful arrest, details are precise and the very lively colours.
Très belle capture, les détails sont précis et les couleurs très vives.

scottevers7 (207) 2003-09-16 22:49

Great capture here. Good DOF and photoshop work to make the moth the focal point, and keep the backround soft and consistant.

martin (1242) 2003-09-17 3:09

A very good macro shot of an interesting moth. The exposure is spot-on.

gary (107) 2003-09-17 4:37

Excellent composition, detail, colours, DOF and notes. What more can I say?

cdewet (0) 2003-09-17 8:44

Lovely. My only comment is to swing the moth to the LHS -head, with the heavy wings pointing to the RHS corner, drawing the eyes diagonally across the picture. WIsh they were as obliging here - most must be eaten after our winter.

dominique (11403) 2003-09-17 14:03

Well seen, good color and good comment. I like framing.

milloup (1829) 2003-09-18 5:24

You just keep shaking them out of your sleve, don't you ;-)?
Look at the texture of his wings, like woven material. Beautiful.

sunny (3068) 2003-09-18 16:32

Excellent macro shot! I can almost feel this gorgeous moth moving up the green stem..And the colors and wing textures are just magnificent!

CoolDan (2490) 2003-11-07 7:06

C'est une très belle photo. J'aime beaucoup le flou bleu derrière le papillon. Vous avez très bien su mettre en évidence les couleurs du papillon. Nice shot.

carper (63968) 2004-08-07 5:02

Very good photo and good note,
I like the note the most, because I have a question for you. You said it's no butterfly. But I have surch on the Dutch web and they say there it's a Jacobs butterfly, a Tyria jacobaeae. It's a night butterfly. The Eng, name for the caterpillar is the garden tiger. Let me know if I am right.
gr. Jaap