Luna Moth

Posted by Eric Fry (Houston, TX, United States) on 26 August 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

This was taken one night underneath a parking lot light using a Xenon flashlight for extra illumination.

Thanks for visiting, and I hope you all have a great day,
Eric

Check out the photography of a friend of mine outside of Aminus3:
Brian Dykes' Blue Echoes Photography - Beautiful nature and city images from the guy that turned me on to Adobe Lightroom

dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States

wow! so many amazing photos today... and here is another one!! stunning macro!! what a captivating and beautiful moth!! gorgeous color and detail!! wonderful lighting! bravo!!

26 Aug 2008 5:54am

saeed from ahwaz, Iran

WOW! Superb details and colours! lovely close-up indeed!

26 Aug 2008 7:29am

shahab from Qazvin, Iran

Wonderful moth!So fluffy!Great catch!

26 Aug 2008 7:55am

Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand

Wowah! Spooky, furry, alien looking creature. Magnificent detail Eric, simply awesome!!

26 Aug 2008 8:33am

Ana Lúcia from Leiria, Portugal

Fine detail! Excellent ric.

26 Aug 2008 9:17am

Maxine from Rangiora, New Zealand

Eric he is gorgeous, the colors and textures have been caught so clearly. Well done Eric.

26 Aug 2008 11:57am

Rui from Leiria, Portugal

Stunning macro. You captured the details and colors so nicely. Good work

26 Aug 2008 4:23pm

Roman from Thunder Bay, Canada

I love you macro Eric. It's not only tac sharp, but the wings nicely devide the image into two distinct areas, lovely !!

cheers
Roman

26 Aug 2008 4:52pm

willow from Chelsea, United States

Wonderful detail. amazing little creatures, aren't they?! Nice capture.

26 Aug 2008 5:36pm

paulski from Muncie, IN, United States

he's quite the beaut; excellent capture, with amazing detail and colors. well done...

26 Aug 2008 7:31pm

Earnest from Oklahoma, United States

Great detail, Eric...

28 Aug 2008 10:45am

Framed and Shot from Houston, United States

You can probably not get any closer... incredible!!

19 Nov 2008 3:46am

Nikon COOLPIX P5100
1/140 second
F/4.9
ISO 64
60 mm (35mm equiv.)

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