Not presenting this as a great photo

[HAB911]

but just to share something from by yard. It was rather lethargic so I ran in and grabbed a camera that had a lens that would focus close enough, a 28-300 kit lens so the quality is less than a macro lens would be and I only got off one shot before he took leave of me!

[SWBTATTReg]

1. Wow!

[MLAA]

2. Beautiful coloring. Excellent shot.

[Leghorn21]

3. Art Deco Moth!!!

LOVE THIS!!

Thanks for posting, HAB911!!

[HAB911]

4. LOL! I think "Art Deco" is the descriptor I was looking for!

[Leghorn21]

12. Yay!! You know, I'm not an artist or anything, but since childhood, I've always had a deep

love of and attachment to Art Deco — I don’t even know what it is, except I know it when I see it!!

MORE PHOTOS, PLEASE

[HAB911]

21. Visit South Beach, you'll love it!

[ShazzieB]

29. I agree, Art Deco is the perfect descriptor.

I love art deco, too, and now I know why I think this moth is so beautiful.

[Lisa0825]

5. I saw a similar moth in a fb bug group and called it

Art Deco Moth too! 😊

[Leghorn21]

13. They're everywhere, Lisa!!

And we LOVE THEM!!

[EarnestPutz]

14. Even though "Art Deco" was the first thing I thought of, it seems that I'm late to the party.

Cool photo.

[cyclonefence]

6. Spectacular

I don't know what you'd call a great photo if this one doesn't qualify.

[HAB911]

22. I'm rarely fully satisfied with my photos

for this one, I would like more detail in the hairs of the back but would have required better equipment and time

[cyclonefence]

27. Well,

to a viewer with no technical expertise who takes photos only with her ipad, your picture couldn't possibly be any better!

I had heard of this moth but never seen a good picture of one. it reminded me of a magical night from my childhood in the '50s when a Luna moth landed on our screen door.

[HAB911]

28. Thank you so much! It is appreciated!

[Skittles]

7. OK I think it is a great pic

I mean, if you didn't tell me you took it, I would have thought it was a drawing

[HAB911]

23. thank you, it was on a piece of plastic I used

to remove it from my screen room. I removed the background with the idea of replacing it with something like a light or dark wood grain, but after several attempts chose to leave basically nothing which makes it pop, as they say

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. It's gorgeous! Thank you, my dear HAB911! ♥ nt

[mike_c]

9. Nice!

I wish a wider variety of sphingids would turn up on the dried specimen market. There are some pretty spectacular ones, like yours!

[Diamond_Dog]

10. Great shot, HAB911!

[enough]

11. Can you generally describe the visual surroundings in the original shot? Thanks

[HAB911]

26. the orig photo

it was hanging on my screen room, in a location I could not photograph it, low to the ground and no light, so I got this foam tray and carefully urged it off the screen, placed it on a table, went in grabbed my camera and got this one shot before it decided to fly away. Didn't get the chance to try different settings.

Nikon Z6ii, 42mm 1/320, f/22, ISO 1600, almost all processing in PS Camera Raw and just a little noise removal in Topaz Photo AI and don't think any sharpening was applied.

[True Dough]

15. Not to brag or anything

but I captured this in MY backyard:

[Skittles]

16. OMG STOP IT TRUE DOUGH

YER KILLING ME

[True Dough]

18. In fairness,

my wife doesn't always look that angry, but in that photo she was telling me for the umpteenth time to put away the patio furniture for the season.

[ggma]

19. Okay you stop!!!

Laughing WAY too hard over here!!

😂

gg

[HAB911]

24. Well, now I'm envious

rumors abound of coyotes in the area and we often laugh how exciting it would be if there were still pterodactyls or sabre tooth tigers around to make our run for the car much more fun. Generally after a couple of margaritas.

[niyad]

17. WOWWWW!!

[calimary]

20. This one looks like he's ready for BATTLE.

[HAB911]

25. My first thought was "Dassault Mirage"

https://www.airvectors.net/avmir2k.html