Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote:
While in Nevada visiting friends this weekend, I pulled out the Pentax
DS to do a couple of pictures of flowers. Lo and behold a visitor
appeared ... a Hummingbird Moth! I've known of them for years but never
seen one before.
http://homepage.mac.com/ramarren/photo/PAW5/23p.htm
I had the F35-70 lens on the camera and only had a couple of seconds to
capture a photo of it without scaring it off, so this is actually a
very small portion of the full frame exposure ... I think the 35-70
performs very well. A 1:1 detail and the full-frame exposure are
composited together and available for viewing by clicking on the image
in the above page.
I've only seen them a couple of times myself, despite seriously looking
for them on more than one occasion. They are nigh on impossible to
catch. You have to find a place where there are a few and set up a trap
for them. That's my excuse, anyway. The section of yours blows up
nicely and you can clearly see it feeding. Well done.
mike
