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Description
Saw this tiny caterpillar today on my scarlet honeysuckle.
Specific Feedback
This early instar is paler than the bigger caterpillars so doesn’t contrast as much with the BG. I added some saturation on the caterpillar but did not want to overdo it.
Technical Details
Canon 90D, Sigma 150mm macro, 1.4x teleconverter, speedlite, Angler 100 diffuser
Used a wimberley plamp attached to my tripod to steady the flower in the wind.
ISO 400, f32, 1/250s, hand held
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Cool capture! The humorous-looking tail caught my attention right away, and then the feet. Caterpillars are strange beasts. The colors and separation look fine as does the composition.
Very nice and my only nit is that the head of the caterpillar drops out of the plane of focus and appears slightly less sharp than the more posterior sections. I can see the secondary seta so you may have enough stuff to manually sharpen that region on the head. Color, comp, and BG are wonderful…Jim
The tail tells us it’s a hawkmoth. You caught it in a very interesting pose on that plant. I love the composition and the pink rear end, which looks like it’s reflecting the flower color. As Jim says, I’d try to sharpen the head a bit. Well done!
