Reflectamoth

Photo of the Week

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This fellow landed on the ceramic hob (which was off, fortunately). I took a few handheld pictures and since it was showing no sign of moving I got the tripod out. I lightly crumpled a length of Bacofoil and propped it up against the kettle about 3 feet behind it and set the camera up almost at 'ground' level to make the most of the reflections. The lens is a Meyer Optik 100mm Orestor - hence the nice bokeh. Lighting wasn't easy as I didn't want it to fly off so it's available light and a 4 second exposure.

27/07/2023 - 23:31davidwozhere

CategoryWildlife / Nature

BodyPENTAX K-3 II

Shutter SpeedN/A

ApertureN/A

LensN/A

ISO100

Focal Length100mm

Views/Likes78/10

Tagsmoth, mirror image, reflection, bokeh

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GIULIO57

Member

14 years
Firenze-Italia

Link Posted 28/07/2023 - 04:40

Nice and original

PPG

Spad

Plus Member

15 years
Peak District

Link Posted 28/07/2023 - 18:08

This is just magical

The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beggining there was nothing....

Which exploded....

tommyt

Member

10 years
Durham

Link Posted 30/07/2023 - 17:33

Thats a beauty and great use of the old manual lens..Liked

pauljay

Member

15 years
The Dutch Alps!

Link Posted 30/07/2023 - 18:43

Well worth the effort!

Paul.

Photography is not a sport. It has no rules. Everything must be dared and tried! (Bill Brandt)
PPG

go4IT

Plus Member

6 years
All the best, Go4IT

Link Posted 31/07/2023 - 14:17

Impressed with the arrangements you made to capture this beautiful image. Kudos for your imagination and ingenuity.

GIULIO57

Member

14 years
Firenze-Italia

Link Posted 31/07/2023 - 14:36

A well deserved POTW

PPG

1stEverPentax

Member

12 years
Northwich, Cheshire

Link Posted 31/07/2023 - 17:11

Stunning image viewed large and well worth the effort as mentioned above.

regards

Karlo

Urbanmeister

Plus Member

4 years

Link Posted 31/07/2023 - 19:19

Now that is clever as well as original. Great work here and well deserved POTW.

Be well, stay safe.

davidwozhere

Member

9 years
Slap in the middle of England

Link Posted 31/07/2023 - 23:22

Wow. Thank you. That was a lovely surprise to start off the new week.

Both the *istDS and the K5 are incurably addicted to old glass

My page on Photocrowd - link

tommyt

Member

10 years
Durham

Link Posted 01/08/2023 - 00:46

Well done davidwozhere on POTW, fully deserved..tt

drofmit

Plus Member

14 years
Touraine du Sud, [Indre-et-Loire], France

Link Posted 01/08/2023 - 12:51

Wonderful photo.... congrats on POTW!
With that rather ethereal background, this could be some sort of flying machine from a science fiction film!! Love it!!

Never be afraid to talk about your techniques...
"Give a thousand photographers...
the same camera, lens and scene...
and you'll always get a thousand different takes!!"
Anon.

swarf

Member

12 years
Woking

Link Posted 01/08/2023 - 19:32

Well deserved - a very classy image.

K-5iiS; K-r; ME Super; ME; DA* 16-50 f2.8; DA 18-135 WR; DA 55-300 WR; HD DA 15mm F4 ED AL Limited; FA 50mm f1.4; A50mm f1.7; DAL 18-55mm; M40mm f2.8; + assorted non-Pentax lenses

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leep

Member

12 years
London

Link Posted 02/08/2023 - 13:24

Fascinating result for sure.

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Camera Make:	RICOH IMAGING COMPANY, LTD.
Camera Model:	PENTAX K-3 II
Date Taken:	2017-06-24 08:22:20
Exposure Program:	Manual
Aperture:	N/A
ISO Speed Rating:	100
Focal Length:	100 mm
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
Exposure Time:	N/A
Lens:	N/A