Reflectamoth
Photo of the Week by davidwozhere
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.
Uploaded27/07/2023 - 23:31
CategoryWildlife / Nature
Views/Likes83/10
Posted 28/07/2023 - 18:08
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This is just magical
The Legendary Terry Pratchett once said:
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
At the beginning there was nothing... which exploded
Posted 30/07/2023 - 17:33
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Thats a beauty and great use of the old manual lens..Liked
Posted 31/07/2023 - 14:17
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Impressed with the arrangements you made to capture this beautiful image. Kudos for your imagination and ingenuity.
Posted 31/07/2023 - 17:11
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Stunning image viewed large and well worth the effort as mentioned above.
regards
Karlo
regards
Karlo
Posted 31/07/2023 - 19:19
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Now that is clever as well as original. Great work here and well deserved POTW.
Be well, stay safe, but most of all, invest in memories
Posted 31/07/2023 - 23:22
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Wow. Thank you. That was a lovely surprise to start off the new week.
Posted 01/08/2023 - 00:46
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Well done davidwozhere on POTW, fully deserved..tt
Posted 01/08/2023 - 12:51
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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!!
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.
"Give a thousand photographers...
the same camera, lens and scene...
and you'll always get a thousand different takes!!"
Anon.
Posted 02/08/2023 - 13:24
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Fascinating result for sure.
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