# Camouflage? Moi? **URL:** \ **Category:** Image Critiques\ **Tags:** macro-close-up\ **Created:** [July 29, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433 "2023-07-29T01:29:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:29am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433/1 "2023-07-29T01:29:35Z")
![DSC_9335.jpg](https://images.naturephotographers.network/original/3X/a/f/af81a9ca2753da2bbe45b6f4c35e4ae7b61e8daf.jpeg) > **Critique Style Requested:** _Standard_ > > The photographer is looking for generalized feedback about the aesthetic and technical qualities of their image. ### Description I call this moth (Antipercnia albinigrata) the Clown Moth. It has a funny face behind the head and a circus suit, to my eye. I often see it in a stand-out location, and rarely is it damaged. It can fly away fast, which must have helped it to reach us from the past. ### Specific Feedback I could have played with the bark, but didn’t want people ignoring the moth. Do you think bark and moth are mutually distracting? I don’t mind letting my gaze wander back and forth, but maybe you do. I call it a stark contrast. ### Technical Details D7100 + 105mm 1/80 f9 ISO 4500 Topaz Denoise AI, tonalities in PS. No cropping. ---
**Author:** ![Ted\_Forman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/ted_forman/32/23367_2.png) [@Ted\_Forman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Ted_Forman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:06am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433/2 "2023-07-29T02:06:28Z")
Nice shot here Mike. I don’t find the bark distracting as the color contrast and the brightness of the moth make it stand out from the background. I like to soften the background in Lightroom to help emphasize my wildlife subjects, so that is one suggestion. Possibly darkening the edges of the image with a subtle vignette, or using a radial filter around the moth to lighten it further might be effective, but I don’t think much needs to be done with this image. ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_Zablotny](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/jim_zablotny/32/3919_2.png) [@Jim\_Zablotny](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Jim_Zablotny)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 11:41am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433/3 "2023-07-29T11:41:46Z")
This is an interesting little moth. The exposure and other techs are spot on and for artistic purposes, you can try several different crops too. The subject-centered format works here because the subject is very different from the BG. Well done…Jim ---
**Author:** ![Mike\_Friel](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/mike_friel/32/28003_2.png) [@Mike\_Friel](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Mike_Friel)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433/4 "2023-07-29T11:43:43Z")
Thanks, @Jim_Zablotny. I should have mentioned that it is a large moth, about 2’’ across. ---
**Author:** ![Kris\_Smith](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/kris_smith/32/59826_2.png) [@Kris\_Smith](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Kris_Smith)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433/5 "2023-07-29T13:36:05Z")
Wow this is very cool. I like the contrast in particular - the moth is disruptive enough to command attention. Such excellent detail and wow - what a perfect specimen. I wonder if it just emerged. Seeing one IRL must be thrilling. I know I’d be. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Freeman](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/shirley_freeman/32/11361_2.png) [@Shirley\_Freeman](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Shirley_Freeman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 2:01pm UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433/6 "2023-07-29T14:01:35Z")
Mike, he/she is beautiful. I never saw one like it. The subject stands out nicely against the bark, so I don’t think anything needs to be done to it. For me, I am wondering if a little was cropped at the top and bottom, making it more of a square would improve this shot? Certainly not necessary, it is fine as is. Great look at this beauty. ---
**Author:** ![Diane\_Miller](https://assets.naturephotographers.network/user_avatar/community.naturephotographers.network/diane_miller/32/27391_2.png) [@Diane\_Miller](https://community.naturephotographers.network/u/Diane_Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2023, 12:08am UTC](https://community.naturephotographers.network/t/camouflage-moi/36433/7 "2023-07-30T00:08:10Z")
Lovely specimen and shot!! The subtle variation of light across the moth is perfect. The image is fine as is, but maybe a more squarish crop could be good, too. (A friend calls that squarifying.) I don’t think the bark needs any work, but I’m wondering about a darker gradient to bring down the right side a little, as the lightness there tends to pull my eye out of the image.