Author Topic: Macroglossum stellatarum (Read 2250 times)

Fons Baerken · « **on:** October 06, 2018, 11:51:01 »

Macroglossum stellatarum or hummingbird hawk-moth

crop:

Spotted one in my garden late afternoon hard to capture

D850 afd 180mm f/2.8

Nikkor Shooter · « **Reply #1 on:** October 06, 2018, 13:02:53 »

Cool soft tones, Fons!

Fons Baerken · « **Reply #2 on:** October 06, 2018, 13:13:32 »

Thank you,

exif: @f/2.8 iso 64 1/640

Bent Hjarbo · « **Reply #3 on:** October 06, 2018, 13:49:05 »

Nice catch and nice details.

Erik Lund · « **Reply #4 on:** October 06, 2018, 14:30:37 »

Very nicely captured! Yes soft and nice

Frank Fremerey · « **Reply #5 on:** October 06, 2018, 16:24:25 »

These insects are absolutely fascinating. I watched lots of these in Summer. They are smaller that Hummingbirds and much faster. Like a shrinked Hummingbird on speed!

How did you freeze the super fast motion?

John Geerts · « **Reply #6 on:** October 06, 2018, 17:59:35 »

Great catch, Fons.

Fons Baerken · « **Reply #7 on:** October 06, 2018, 18:37:44 »

Thank you fellows,

Frank i must have taken some 20 shots at least, but a few are presentable, this moth is so mutable skirting all over the place.
So i stayed put for it to return and shot in S mode.

Øivind Tøien · « **Reply #8 on:** October 06, 2018, 22:38:27 »

Very cool, Fons!
I have photographed/filmed a similar species here in Alaska (with mediocre results), but this summer was the first time I observed such a species in Norway, on my visit back there. It was so fascinating that I pretty much forgot to run and grab my camera. It was just hanging around for a few minutes at the flower pot of a balcony at 5th floor.

golunvolo · « **Reply #9 on:** October 06, 2018, 22:55:58 »

20 shots sounds like way too little for the results. Great catch Fons. Love it

Akira · « **Reply #10 on:** October 06, 2018, 22:58:05 »

Amazing capture, Fons! Indeed 1/20 is a very good hit rate. You would never have run out of one roll of 135 film.

Fons Baerken · « **Reply #11 on:** October 07, 2018, 10:10:17 »

The first time i spotted this moth must have been some 13 years, so i was lucky to have this chance,
in a year i hardly have seen any butterflies(!).

Thank you for your comments fellows.

elsid · « **Reply #12 on:** October 11, 2018, 19:37:57 »

Hello Fons,
Great pictures of a difficult insect. Do I have your permission to post some pictures of this insect?

Fons Baerken · « **Reply #13 on:** October 11, 2018, 21:11:20 »

Quote from: elsid on October 11, 2018, 19:37:57

Hello Fons,
Great pictures of a difficult insect. Do I have your permission to post some pictures of this insect?

By all means,

elsid · « **Reply #14 on:** October 11, 2018, 21:58:54 »

These photos were shot last April on the island of Lesvos at around 13:30 under the sun. Equipment used D500+TC 17 II+ 300/4 PF. Shutter speeds
1/5000 to 1/8000.