Name: Uday Hegde
Picture title: Atlas Moth
Category: Butterflies & Dragonflies
Nationality: Indian
Occupation: Software Architect

Uday:
‘This beautiful Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) was found during my daily walk in our areca nut plantation in Sirsi, India. As our plantation is surrounded by evergreen forest a lot of frogs, snakes, insects and butterflies take shelter there.

These huge moths often have a wingspan that extends beyond nine inches. I wanted to show the moth in its habitat, so I decided to shoot this picture with a wide-angle macro lens. I set-up the camera, tripod, flash and trigger away from the moth so that it would not get disturbed. Once I felt happy with the set-up I placed my camera near the moth, composed the frame and took 5-6 shots.’

Technical information:
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV
Laowa 15mm f/4 1:1 Macro
1/160, f/11, ISO200
Accessories: Used Godox trigger to fire the off camera Godox flash.
Post processing: Basic adjustments in Photoshop, small crop.

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