Nikon 200macro, Velvia, Coolscan III, Blue Ridge Mountains,NC

I think these are Primrose Moths (I am open to suggestions),the flower is a primrose.

-- Les Saucier (skincamp@skybest.com), May 07, 1999

Answers

Les,

C'mon, tell the truth - did you put those moths there? Doesn't matter really - neat shot. Colors look a little washed out, but that's likely the scan. This is Dryocampa (=Anisota) rubicunda, the rosy maple moth, a beautiful little Saturniid (giant silkworm moths). Though these are not giants, they're related to the royal walnut moth and imperial moth. A lovely little moth, nicely caught.

Peter

-- Peter May (peter.may@stetson.edu), May 08, 1999.

Love it.

-- Kevin Ferris (kferris575@aol.com), May 08, 1999.

Les,

Nix that earlier color comment. Viewed on another monitor, the colors are rich and vibrant. Beautiful shot.

-- Peter May (peter.may@stetson.edu), May 09, 1999.

Very nice! Great colours.

-- Garry Schaefer (schaefer@pangea.ca), May 09, 1999.

Very nice. Highly marketable too, because of the emotions it evokes.

If you make your own notecards, this would probably do pretty well for that reason.

This is (in my opinion ;>) yet another case where a looser crop could benefit. Why? Because a slightly looser crop would let you drop in some reversed text at the top, or apply the fancy edges that are so popular now.

Cheers!

Keith

-- Keith Clark (ClarkPhotography@spiritone.com), May 10, 1999.

Nice shot ... different flower, never seen one of these ... I like the colors but it4s a little out-of-focus for me ... but it don4t mess the photo anyway.

-- Charles Dias (deepblue97a@hotmail.com), May 10, 1999.

Just one more quick note to point out with deep chagrin that Les was correct in his original identification of these moths. So pretty much everything I've contributed so far has been crap except for the observation that it is a great shot. Sorry for any consternation I may have caused to Les and to aspiring lepidopteran taxonomists.

-- Peter May (peter.may@stetson.edu), May 11, 1999.