This is a fine example of your affinity for placing subjects in complimentary surroundings. Well done! Looks like it has a grinning mouth on the back of its head. ;)
Jack --- On Wed, 7/6/11, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> > Subject: PESO - Moth > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <PDML@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2011, 8:38 AM > There were thousands upon thousands > of these all over the park by the > lake this past weekend. From afar they just look like > purple-winged > moths, about and inch or two long. It's only when you > get closer up > that you see their orange heads and iridescent abdomens (I > think > that's the abdomen - below the head). They spend most > of their time > in the air, and if they're perched they will flit off once > you get > closer than about 2 or 3 feet, so I didn't get as many good > shots as > I'd have liked. This one was one of the better ones: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/moth.html > > Hope you enjoy. The insect-catching birds certainly > enjoyed; they > were having a field day! > > Comments welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.