Angle Shades

Found resting on the stone steps leading to my front door. As a night flying moth it lay pretty motionless during the day. I carefully brought it inside and took a series of studio shots using two heavily diffused flashes. Once I had finished photographing I placed the moth in a shaded area of my garden. I was lucky enough to see it warm up by vibrating its wings and then taking off!

Beautiful moth.

Beautiful moth Alex.

Looks very much like the one I found at the bottom of our recycling bin. I rescued him but no shots. I do wonder how he got in there, the lid closes tight.

Nice series, esp. the last two.

Wow, beautiful series

Lovely captures and nice stacking.

you did a great job on this beautiful moth,alex.
it,s a great looking specimen,and your stacks came out great!

Beautiful moth, and nicely captured.

Stunning stacks of this beautiful moth, Alex.

Lovely series of a wonderful moth
Brian v.

Thanks for all the comments, much appreciated. I think moths can be every bit as beautiful as butterflies, but let's be honest with their numbers dominating the Lepidoptera order they are often considered common and boring. I think we would all agree that they are fascinating creatures and anything but boring!