Yellow Underwing Feeding

[Paul Iddon]

A Yellow Underwing moth having a late night meal on the Buddlea in the darkness.

The first four are hand held, the final one was tripod mounted, with 2 extension tubes.

Exif:

Copyright: Paul Iddon - A View of the UK
Camera: Canon EOS 70D
Lens: EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Exposure: Manual exposure, 1/250 sec, f/6.3, ISO 200













Paul.

 

[Tintin124]

That lens of yours is certainly doing you some good service... excellent set Paul

 

[Paul Iddon]

Thank you Bryn.

Like a total nutter, I was scouring the garden with a torch! I had to shine the light on the moth to be able to get the camera to auto-focus - without the torch it was almost pitch black out there.

Paul.

 

[Tintin124]

this is my setup:

torch for focus light and to help flash 20140530_105603 by bthomas124, on Flickr

 

[Paul Iddon]

I think I need one of them headlamps, with the little LED's in them...

Paul.

 

[IanClark]

Lovely sharp images mate. Very well done especially when struggling for focus or having to juggle a torch as well I have a head torch and tried that but the darn flash diffuser gets in the way. I think I need to mount it on the camera somewhere for later evening shots .

 

[Paul Iddon]

LOL, Ian. You need to maybe try Bryn's torch set up...

Paul.