Butterfly #2

The butterfly plant is starting to live up to it's name.

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Lovely captures- but that's a moth
Brian v.

Light wise, I think a bit more would be better, perhaps adding a second flash for background if its possible?

Dunno if the MP-E will be the best lens for this type of shots. Either go more mag and show us some nice detail, or go less mag (thus other lens) and show us the whole body (without cutting body parts).

Very nice find, Bas.

nice moth bas

Thanks all.

I had a feeling the it would be a moth! Heck it is a pretty moth, so what the hey.

Warlord, as I said in the first posts, I messed up the normal shots, and the close-ups didn't work, so these were the only shots left. If I had realised they were moth shots I probably would not have posted them.
I only have one butterfly in my collection, so I was excited that I may have a second one.

Still you live and learn, then you die and forget it all


Thanks again all

Indeed excellent moth, not sure which one but I would sure like to have photographed it.

Nicely captured Bas, never seen a moth as colourful as that one before.

wonderful moth! nicely captured

Thank you George and Andres.

In flight it is wonderful, a splash of red then black with white trails from the spots.

I must get the tamron rig ready so I know what to expect from it, in the same way I have with the MP-E rig. Hopefully then I would get some decent captures at lower mag.

I have researched and it seems to be a Scarlet Tiger Moth - Callimorpha dominula/

Butterfly or moth awesome shots Bas, i have this same plant (with different colors) and have not see a butterfly or moth on it in the 10 years i've had it, your luck is better than mine

very nice colors for a moth.

Thank you JD and Chris.

I am generally lucky JD. I could afford the gear (maybe if were starting now I would not be able to get what I have), the plants attract a great selection of stuff, and when I get a shot in focus there is a lot of luck involved