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Sphinx flight


Sphinx flight
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Copyright: Jean Jacques CORDIER (jjcordier) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 113 W: 0 N: 107] (526)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2006-08-01
Categories: Insects
Camera: Canon350D, Canon EF 55-200mm 4.5-5.6 II USM
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2006-08-03 2:39
Viewed: 1493
Points: 40
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note [French]
To complete my post precedent (http://fr.treknature.com/gallery/photo65470.htm), a quadriptyqie presenting four phases of the flight of this very fast insect the previous presentation of which I resume.
Moro sphinx (Macroglosum stellatarum), lepidopteran of the family of Sphingidae, one of the rare sorts diurnal of the family.
This insect has the particularity to crowl 1 - 2 s (a little as the bird hummingbird) to gather in full flight) with its long trunk the purple and white flowers especially. This trunk is then rolled up to pass in the following flower. Between two flowers, her flight is of an impressive speed (until 75 beatings per second).
I used a zoom 55-200 (focal maximum), chose a fast speed and used the mode "burst" of my 350D.

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  • jmp Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1740 W: 95 N: 2273] (8411)
  • [2006-08-03 2:47]

Hi Jean,
Very good collage to show this "esfinge colibrí" in action. I like the idea and the photos.
TFS, José M.

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  • horia Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2173 W: 219 N: 4384] (14904)
  • [2006-08-03 4:10]

Hello Jean Jacques
Again, another spendid in-flight...this time a aompilation:)

Excellent focus, beautiful colors, great BG on them all and superb POVs.

Bravo and TFS
Horia

Hi Jean,
Superb shots. Interesting insect's behavior, nice to know that this insect has a real long 'straw' for sucking nectar.
TFS.

Ben Lakitan

Hi Jean

Nice action story of this little guy. My favorite is #2 :)

Regards
Ralf

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  • DOBIS Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 126 W: 16 N: 170] (632)
  • [2006-08-03 7:41]

Hi Jean Jacques!
Great job! It is not easy to take a picture of the Sphinx. They are too quick! Your pics are very well done.
Thank you
Dobis

Hello Jean,
Excellent set of frames with clear details, different & interesting POV's, and very nice color/light..
Great job with this and TFS!

Impeccable timing, excellent work...very pretty collage you got here...
Well done...

Hello Jean,
Nice set of very interesting pictures! You did a good job capturing it, details are very clear and all four poses of the moth very interesting.
WELL DONE!

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  • Alex99 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3585 W: 143 N: 5669] (18533)
  • [2006-08-04 6:07]

Hi Jean.
Your collage is great. Every its part is fantastic. I prefer to tell about nature by photos but not by words. You have solved this task perfectly. I mean composition, colours, details etc. Bravo.
Alexei.

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  • ddg Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 855 W: 23 N: 942] (5111)
  • [2006-08-04 7:07]

Jean Jacque , bien belle composition avec ce montage du vol du Sphinx, sujet difficile !!!. Les approches du "monstre" sont différentes et les couleurs bein respectées. Félicitations, Didier.

Fantastic sequence shot of this humming bird look-a-like, if it wasn't for those attennae it would certainly fool me. Nicely done Jean. :)

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  • hester Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1515 W: 18 N: 3165] (11638)
  • [2006-08-04 17:00]

Lovely in flight shots. Any of these would be excellent images with great composition, POV, BG, Detail and dof but it is even better as a series. Really well done

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  • osse Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 962 W: 0 N: 89] (7801)
  • [2006-08-04 17:59]

Hi Jean
Nice colage of sphinx shots. Good colours, sharpnes and light on all.
Well done Jean

osse

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  • uleko Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2993 W: 162 N: 961] (2823)
  • [2006-08-06 13:10]

Very attractive way to present action photography! Excellent!
Regards, Ulla

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  • dew77 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 4774 W: 294 N: 4020] (13209)
  • [2006-08-07 12:20]

Hello Jean,
Wonderful captures and collage.Every frame is crisp clear.I liked colors,framing and composition a lot.Excellent work!
TFS...:-)
PT

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  • arfer Gold Star Critiquer [C: 2731 W: 0 N: 0] (0)
  • [2006-08-07 12:59]

Bonjour Jean Jacques

Tres Excellente! Very beautiful capture of this moth.They are difficult to catch staying still.
Lovely composition and colours.TFS

Rob

Bonjour Jean-Jacques !
J'aime beaucoup ces gros insectes, ils sont magnifiques, mais si difficules à capturer ! Excellent idée de compiler ces quatres photos en une seuls, nous montrant ainsi différents points de vue de ce superbe sphinx. Chaque photo est très belle en soi, avec de super détails, de belles couleurs et une jolie composition. Félicitations !
Valérie.

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  • Graal Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Silver Note Writer [C: 755 W: 31 N: 20] (5032)
  • [2006-08-13 3:16]

Hi Jean,
good four in one, interesting shots, good captured a moments. I like this work. Well done photos.
Rgs, Aleksander

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  • red45 Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 2705 W: 74 N: 8864] (30243)
  • [2006-08-17 3:40]

Bonjour Jean Jacques!

Absolutelly fantastic presentation! You had got luck and very good skill to capture such fast insect in flight. All four pictures are very good but bottom right is my favourite - I've never seen picture of Moro in pose like this. Great post!

Jean,
great triptych ;) Beautiful colors and generally sayng good idea
pozdrawiam
Lilianna

Hello Jean Jacques!
Very good idea about posting the series of shots even though I think every single image could as well be a stand-alone picture. Congratulations,
Mark

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