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scarletmike said:
Ah, an online tutorial. That would explain why its so common. :lol:

Are you using Elements, or full Photoshop for your post processing? If those are results from Elements, those are surprisingly great results, better than I would have expected out of it.
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Actually its strictly Aperture (Apple's software thats discontinued now). I have Elements, but I am so cumbersome at it that it frustrates me to no end. I was talking to a photographer up at Catawba taking pictures and he was talking about sky-swapping and some other fancy terms; my eyes glossed over and I just shook my head like I knew what he was talking about and said "yeah, cool, me too" a hundred times.

I have goofed around with Elements and tried to do some things, and I make it look so unbelievably edited and chincy I'd probably win one of those photography fail awards.
 
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The new King Kong attraction is soft opening at Universal currently, and I got this shot a few minutes before they opened up for the first public soft opening yesterday. I ran it through Silver Efex Pro2 for the sepia toning and B&W modifications for the final result. I love how it turned out with this style of processing, as the full color original is kind of boring, I think, with much less effect and feel of the attraction itself.
 
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Not because they're in focus, or flawlessly framed, but, to thoroughly jumble my pop culture references...

Holy Mothra, Batman! Somebody call Godzilla quick 'cause we're gonna need a bigger lizard. Hallelujah! Holy Shit! Where's the Tylenol?

This showed up on my patio planters last night:

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For reference, this particular petunia shown below under the moth is 2-1/2 inches across.

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While in flight, the flapping of its wings made an audible noise. A NOISE.

Again, for reference, the white vertical lines below are my window and door frame.
They are 20-1/2 inches apart.
The white center rectangle is the bottom of my address placard.
Its width is 14 inches.

And this is the shadow this critter cast on the wall.

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Zot! Proboscis. There's a word you don't need to use every day.
Except when you're running for your life to elude an escapee from the new Ohio branch of Jurassic Park.

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Q. What does the largest moth you've ever seen in your life eat for dinner?

A. Any damn thing it wants to. Just please don't eat my face.
 
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LostLassie said:
Not because they're in focus, or flawlessly framed, but, to thoroughly jumble my pop culture references...

Holy Mothra, Batman! Somebody call Godzilla quick 'cause we're gonna need a bigger lizard. Hallelujah! Holy [Mark May]! Where's the Tylenol?

This showed up on my patio planters last night:

MOTH20FREAKOUT20420CROP203.jpg


For reference, this particular petunia shown below under the moth is 2-1/2 inches across.

MOTH20FREAKOUT20120CROP202.jpg


While in flight, the flapping of its wings made an audible noise. A NOISE.

Again, for reference, the white vertical lines below are my window and door frame.
They are 20-1/2 inches apart.
The white center rectangle is the bottom of my address placard.
Its width is 14 inches.

And this is the shadow this critter cast on the wall.

MOTH20FREAKOUT20520CROP202.jpg


Zot! Proboscis. There's a word you don't need to use every day.
Except when you're running for your life to elude an escapee from the new Ohio branch of Jurassic Park.

MOTH20FREAKOUT20720CROP.jpg


Q. What does the largest moth you've ever seen in your life eat for dinner?

A. Any damn thing it wants to. Just please don't eat my face.
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Sphinx moths.....they are indeed creepy as shit.
 
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LostLassie said:
Thanks. I did a search for large N. American moths & none of the pics looked like it.

Figured one of you guys would know what it was. Pretty amazing to see one up close for the first time.
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I'm not great with moths (like...at all), but I think it is more specifically a Carolina Sphinx moth. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/manduca-sexta

Moths are weird. There are a ridiculous number of species -- something like 10 times as many species as butterfly species, but because they are nocturnal, most people don't pay much attention to them. I heard a story last year (at a moth party....yes it is as weird as you think) that the guy writing a moth identification guide for Peterson had spoken with someone to get guidance on the common names for certain moths but were told that most of the moths they were asking about didn't have common names. So.....he and a couple of his buddies stayed up drinking and making up common names for them, resulting in some of the excessively silly names that moths now have.

Every now and then, the ominous black witch moths turn up in Ohio. And it is apparently because they travel in freaking hurricanes.

Oh, and not my picture, but here is the Atlas moth (the world's largest moth):
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So, yeah....moths are pretty cool.
 
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Fungo Squiggly said:
I'm not great with moths (like...at all), but I think it is more specifically a Carolina Sphinx moth. http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/manduca-sexta

Moths are weird. There are a ridiculous number of species -- something like 10 times as many species as butterfly species, but because they are nocturnal, most people don't pay much attention to them. I heard a story last year (at a moth party....yes it is as weird as you think) that the guy writing a moth identification guide for Peterson had spoken with someone to get guidance on the common names for certain moths but were told that most of the moths they were asking about didn't have common names. So.....he and a couple of his buddies stayed up drinking and making up common names for them, resulting in some of the excessively silly names that moths now have.

Every now and then, the ominous black witch moths turn up in Ohio. And it is apparently because they travel in freaking hurricanes.

Oh, and not my picture, but here is the Atlas moth (the world's largest moth):
maxresdefault.jpg


So, yeah....moths are pretty cool.
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Yeah, when doing the search to try to identify my moth, I was amazed at the varieties. There are some gorgeous colors of moths that I'd never expect--more vivid than most butterflies.

PS ^ That's a big momma.
 
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