Best shot of the day at the Cockrell Butterfly Center was of this moth as I was leaving.
Camera: Sony DSLR-A700
Exposure: 0.008 sec (1/125)
Aperture: f/9.0
Focal Length: 100 mm
Exposure: 0.00
There was a little daylight shining right on him so I shot with fill flash which allowed me to take advantage of the natural light for the majority of the illumination.
Check it out when we zoom in a little bit.
The detail is phenomenal!
This is a full on, un-resized 100% crop of the original image:
If you are interested in seeing the full sized image in all of it’s 6.2 megabyte, 4272 x 2848 glory you can download it here:
http://www.baldheretic.com/pics/photography/macro/moth.jpg
It’s pretty amazing and worth checking out.
Macro Mothra
I never realized just how furry butterflies were.
Gorgeous.
That moth is downright cuddly when you get that close.
zO.M.G. This shot is freakin’ AWESOME in full size!
~EdT.
He needs to shave his legs…that’s some serious stubble!