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Hummingbird hawk moth


Hummingbird hawk moth
Photo Information
Copyright: Dinu Konanur (Dinu) Silver Note Writer [C: 3 W: 0 N: 33] (236)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-10-27
Categories: Insects
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ8
Exposure: f/4, 1/250 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-10-29 1:51
Viewed: 682
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This hummingbird hawk moth has a "straw" long enough to draw nectar from the deepest of flower tubes. This lovely insect was feasting on numerous tabernaemontana flowers that evening in a most relaxed fashion, quite oblivious of my camera and me! Since I was on the wrong side of light, I used flash. It was evening and the sun was getting lower but the sky was blue and I loved that background the way it came.

Its zoological name - Macroglossum pyrrhosticta. This has a tinge of a white band on its behind at where the 'fluffy tail' has emerged. It is a lovely sight to see it hover over flower and from a great distance, the way it uncoils and puts its 'straw accurately into the flower! Hope you like it. Just some cropping done to this. Took it from a distance of about 4 feet.
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To Cristina: Thanks for appreciationDinu 1 10-30 09:30
To ramthakur: Thanks RamjiDinu 1 10-30 09:25
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I too tried to shoot this Moth recently but found it extremely difficult. Firstly, it does not hover still even for a split second and secondly, you have to depend on the point of view forced on you as it flits from one place to the other.
I tried at higher shutter speed to make its wings visible but ended up with very dark images at f stop:5 and shutter speed 1/640.
You have used the fill flash successfully but with a bit of over-exposure.
All the same, it isa valiant effort.
Thanks for sharing and all the best.
Ram

Hola Dinu,
Excelente captura de bella composición en la que se aprecian muy bien los detalles, saludos
José Ramón

merhaba dinu,
çok güzel bir çalışma ama dilerim işik daha iyi olur.

Fantastic shot Dinu,
If you didn't used a infrared technic to take this photo, you have the quickest finger of the world !!!
Congratulations because it's a very good stopper of time...
Thanks for sharing
Cristina

Hi Dinu,

Well composed and well takne picture of moth in action, though I felt bit of noise in the picture. TFS.

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