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Summer garden memories for Jan. 10

jim_1 (Zone 5B)

10 years ago

A White-lined Sphinx Moth. I hovered like a hummingbird. I had never seen one before and it took me a bit of time to figure our what it was (thanks internet)!

Comments (6)

lilosophie
10 years ago
What a terrific photo! You truly look and observe your garden and it's inhabitants, good job!
kris_zone6
10 years ago
You also have a great camera.
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west_gardener
10 years ago
Great photo, like the depth of field. And congrats in identifying the moth.
Following up on kris's comment about the camera. What camera did you use?
jim_1 (Zone 5B)
Original Author
10 years ago
Another shot of this critter. I have a Nikon D3000 (on sale at Sam's) and it was set on automatic. I don't know if I had tried a faster shutter speed whether I might have been able to 'stop' the motion. I took 6 shots in 20 seconds and then he/she flew away.
mawheel
10 years ago
My goodness! I missed this, yesterday; sure glad I rechecked, today. He/she/it has very interesting markings.
west_gardener
10 years ago
Thanks for the info about the camera, Jim. I'm a long time user of Nikon cameras, before digital, so I'll check it out.

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