Intricate Beauty

Nature's Work of Art

I spotted this moth a while ago and noticed it wasn't moving, so I took it home and shot a few close-up photos of its scaly wings before setting it free. When I viewed the photos on my computer, I was intrigued by the structure and details of its wings. The iridescent colors are also really beautiful. This got me interested for my later project, close-ups of butterfly wings, which I posted here on Steemit a while back (link below).

I shot these with a Canon EOS M camera, using a 100 mm macro lens with a 18-55 mm lens in reverse to the 100 mm lens. Lighting was done with a flash and diffuser. The vignetting is caused by such a lens combination and also stopping the 100 mm lens down, the 18-55 mm lens was wide open.

A closer crop of some scales.

The moth that didn't want to move, this is a focus-stacked shot of 12 images.

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Links to related posts on close-ups of insect wings

• Butterfly Wing - Super Closeup Photo

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