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Hummingbird Hawk Moth

Lunching on some delicious Lantana nectar.

30th July 2013 30th Jul 13

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Album 365
Camera Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XSi
Taken 30th July 2013 1:32pm
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Tags flower, macro, hummingbird, insect, garden, moth, lantana, hawkmoth, hdjpp

Vijay

beautiful capture Hope ... vivid colors with nice contrasty background ....love the way you captured the fluttering wings creaing a sense of motion!!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

Thank you, Vijay!

July 31st, 2013

Traci McLaughlin

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Absolutely stunning!!

July 31st, 2013

Connie

Very impressive capture...motion of the wings & the vivid colors of the flower!

July 31st, 2013

Zam

awesome capture!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@l2lumom @connie865 @zam Thank you, friends!

July 31st, 2013

Kristina

wow. amazing photo

July 31st, 2013

Jackie greenfield

Awesome capture !! Love the wings motion blur :) FAV :)

July 31st, 2013

Scott

The level of difficulty to get this is incredible... Great shot!

July 31st, 2013

Barb

this is fabulous...and wow...the colors...the motion...wow..all captured..truly one of a kind...and a fav!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@flutterby22 @sbolden thanks guys!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@jacjacs68 @softeze wow!Thanks for the favs ladies!

July 31st, 2013

Cindy Genn

Fantastic!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@cindygenn thanks,Cin!

July 31st, 2013

Taffy ace

Awesome capture and POV!

July 31st, 2013

Allison

I captured one of these yesterday, and wondered what it was.......I'd never seen on before :-) Beautiful colours, and motion....fav!

July 31st, 2013

Judith

Stunning capture.

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@daisyjuds thank you!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@allisonraposa thanks Allison.They ate amazing aren't they?They are members of the Sphynx Moth family.

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@taffy thank you!!

July 31st, 2013

Stephanie

I ave never been able to catch one of these guys head on- WOW! This is a brilliant moment in time. Glorious capture!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@fricka thank you,Stephanie!

July 31st, 2013

Tremerryn

Great action capture - love the focus

July 31st, 2013

~*~ Jo ~*~ ace

great capture

July 31st, 2013

Claire

Wow...nice. You can see the nectar collecting!

July 31st, 2013

Myrna O'Hara

Wonderful capture!! Congrats on the PP with it.

July 31st, 2013

Trudi

Amazing shot...fave!

July 31st, 2013

Joey

Congrats on the PP - fav

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@sailingmusic @joeyc wow!Thanks!And thanks for letting me know about the PP!I am beyond honored! @tremerryn @ziggy77 @sailingmusic @truedee @joeyc thank you so much!

July 31st, 2013

PamelaRae

This is remarkable! Great capture! A fav!

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@brighteyes55 thanks Pam!

July 31st, 2013

Inge

excellent shot. good that you didn't freez its motion because the effect is more beautiful. very nicely composed as well. well done! :)

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@godsloverphotography thank you,Inge.I wanted to get those fluttery wings.Glad it was pleasing that way!

July 31st, 2013

Eileen

what fantastic shot! I love it.

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@smiffy37 thank you,Eileen!

July 31st, 2013

Marloes ace

Wowy greatly timed super macro shot. I hear a fav flying in! ;)

July 31st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@stimuloog WOW Marloes! Thank you so much!

July 31st, 2013

Jake

Fav, awesome capture

August 1st, 2013

Sue Hecker

A Wow, a Fav, and a Follow. Amazing!

August 1st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@featherstone @soren Thanks new friends!

August 1st, 2013

Ness Santvoort

great details around the eyes of the moth and I really like the wing action you have captured.

August 1st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@ness50 thank you,Ness

August 1st, 2013

Shirley Banford

Very beautiful shot!

August 1st, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@sabanford thank you,Shirley!

August 1st, 2013

bruni

With the speed of the hummingbirds you amazingly captured this one. love the motion of the wings and his position over the beautiful flower.

August 2nd, 2013

alia_801

Wow! Amazing head-on capture!
Congratulations on being popular too!

August 2nd, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@bruni @alia_801 thanks friends!

August 2nd, 2013

Nada A.

Beautifully captured. Congrats on PP!

August 2nd, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@nadaa thanks!I am really new here so the first time someone said that to me it took me an hour to figure out what that meant! I was ver surprised.:)

August 2nd, 2013

Betty Conant

love the action in this one.

August 2nd, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@wozencraft thank you,Betty!

August 3rd, 2013

Mary Beth O'Sullivan

WOW!!!

August 3rd, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@marybethosullivan thank Mary Beth!!

August 4th, 2013

Glenn Mostert

Love this shot Hope! Will be following you! You have some great bug shots!

August 4th, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@gmost thank you,Glen!I love bugs:)

August 4th, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@gmost o..m...g...Just clicked on your photos..I HAVE to follow you,too!Love cats and dogs!

August 4th, 2013

Glenn Mostert

@mzzhope Could be the start of a mutual admiration friendship! Check out my albums and knock yourself out! i will be checking out your bugs!!

August 4th, 2013

Dawn

You solved my mystery! I saw one of these on my flowers and thought it looked like a hybrid hummingbird/moth! You captured it beautifully!

August 5th, 2013

Dawn Moder

Wow perfect capture action!

August 6th, 2013

Allison

@mzzhope hahaha I saw your "Jayne" comment.......I was laughing so much because as you know I posted it, then deleted it as it wasn't the best........hmm not sure what Jayne is going to do next? ;-) lol

August 7th, 2013

Hope D Jennings ace

@allisonraposa HAHAH! Allison...I am afraid see what she will be up to! :)

August 7th, 2013