Leopard Moth
Mar 3, 2017 17:35:05 #
I looked out the window by my computer and saw this Leopard Moth. It was starting to get dark out and even though I was crying my eyes out because I had totaled my car two days prior, I still picked up my camera and tried to get as good of a shot as I could have. I did shoot this in Raw because I was desperate to capture him. Shooting Raw on my Coolpix takes forever. You might as well sing the Jeopardy song while you wait for the camera to process. I never use Raw unless whatever I'm photographing is totally stationary and I have extra patience available at the time :-)
Mar 3, 2017 18:19:56 #
Cheryl, you might try posting again. Your picture didn't post for some reason. I hope this has been a while back and you didn't just total your car!!
Mar 3, 2017 19:42:47 #
Cheryl, I'm looking forward to seeing this leopard moth... and hope you are ok from your accident!
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Mar 4, 2017 06:46:05 #
Nope, no photo. I've seen one once. It was beautiful. Hope to see yours also.
Mar 5, 2017 12:36:06 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Cheryl, you might try posting again. Your picture didn't post for some reason. I hope this has been a while back and you didn't just total your car!!
Hi Donna,
OK - I must have messed up somehow. I'll try again. When I try to attach it, its saying its a non-image. I'm not sure why because its a Jpeg.
Mar 5, 2017 12:38:31 #
roxiemarty wrote:
Nope, no photo. I've seen one once. It was beautiful. Hope to see yours also.
Here it is :-) I've seen their caterpillars too. Maybe I'll be able to take a picture of one with summer.
Mar 5, 2017 12:41:20 #
Dixiegirl wrote:
Cheryl, you might try posting again. Your picture didn't post for some reason. I hope this has been a while back and you didn't just total your car!!
The car accident was last July 5th on my way to work, I was cut off and then an 18 wheeler almost hit me. It scared the truck driver so much he stopped too even though he wasn't the cause of the accident. It was a bad one.
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Mar 5, 2017 15:38:27 #
Interesting shot Cheryl, never seen one of those before... 
Hope you're OK after the accident..?
Hope you're OK after the accident..?
Mar 5, 2017 15:40:42 #
piaffe_passage wrote:
The car accident was last July 5th on my way to work, I was cut off and then an 18 wheeler almost hit me. It scared the truck driver so much he stopped too even though he wasn't the cause of the accident. It was a bad one.
Cheryl, I enjoyed seeing your leopard moth!!! I never shoot in raw so I really have no clue about it....
but thank goodness you were able to walk away from that accident and are here today to talk about it...
Take care!!
Mar 5, 2017 16:11:23 #
roxiemarty wrote:
Nope, no photo. I've seen one once. It was beautiful. Hope to see yours also.
Yes, that is the same one I saw in South Carolina last summer! Beautiful.
Mar 5, 2017 16:50:49 #
Thank you Sx2002. I'll have to get a shot of the caterpillar. They're very spiky. I was just shook up badly. I was lucky, there is no doubt about that!
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Mar 5, 2017 16:54:55 #
angela k wrote:
Cheryl, I enjoyed seeing your leopard moth!!! I never shoot in raw so I really have no clue about it....
but thank goodness you were able to walk away from that accident and are here today to talk about it...
Take care!!
but thank goodness you were able to walk away from that accident and are here today to talk about it...
Take care!!
Thanks Angela!! I was just so desperate to get a shot of this moth that I switched my camera to RAW. I had read about it plus I knew a professional photographer that never shot in anything but RAW though she didn't explain why. The light was fading too. I stick with Jpeg 99% of the time because my camera's processing is so so slow in RAW. I use the fine setting for Jpegs.
Mar 5, 2017 17:02:04 #
piaffe_passage wrote:
Thanks Angela!! I was just so desperate to get a shot of this moth that I switched my camera to RAW. I had read about it plus I knew a professional photographer that never shot in anything but RAW though she didn't explain why. The light was fading too. I stick with Jpeg 99% of the time because my camera's processing is so so slow in RAW. I use the fine setting for Jpegs.
I think most everyone on here shoots in raw, but I heard the files are so big and it takes up too much space on your computer. I love editing and I don't think I have any problem with jpeg... but then again, I've never seen a raw file, but I'm happy with my results.
Mar 5, 2017 17:13:35 #
angela k wrote:
I think most everyone on here shoots in raw, but I heard the files are so big and it takes up too much space on your computer. I love editing and I don't think I have any problem with jpeg... but then again, I've never seen a raw file, but I'm happy with my results.
Me too :-)
Mar 5, 2017 17:17:38 #
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