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Published: 2004-09-04 21:48:24 +0000 UTC; Views: 214; Favourites: 4; Downloads: 31
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On this occasion i was pleased that the cat dragged this caterpillar in (usually it's dead mice she brings me
) Raced to get my camera for this one - it is an 'Elephant Hawk Moth' caterpillar. Quite scary - but absolutely harmless. Scares predators away with the pretend eyes - and then out pops this little head!! Took this on a piece of card, outside in pitch blackness!
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WOW, very cool! Maybe I need to let my cat go outside, maybe she would bring me neat things like this.
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there are disadvantages tho - like birds flapping about in the kitchen - and then hiding under the cabinet!
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LOL One night I was letting the dog out and saw two tiny birds sitting up under the awning. I told Evanita about them and when she came out side to check them out, she scared them and one flew into the house. The cats running around after it like hey, who let dinner in. LOL So, we had to shut her up in one of the bedrooms until we were able to catch it and put it back outside. LOL
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cats! don't you just love them!! LOL
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Fascinating...I've not seen one of these before. Was this taken just with the flash then? Well done. Are you still using the autofocus or have you come over to the world of manual focusing yet? I'm hooked now! 
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Yes, this was taken with only the flash. No other light at all outside! It coped really well with it didn't it. I took a couple on the stone floor, then put the caterpillar onto the paper. Mind you, i did take about 104 photos!! Only problem was, cos i have never seen one before, i was so excited at photographing it i wobbled and shook quite a bit! No time for a tripod!
Yes, am doing most of my photos on Manual - cos it is fun - only problem is I don't know very much about all the settings (need a course!). Can't seem to sort out the exposure too well. don't know what aperture priority is?
Are you off to photo butterflies today?
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Aperture is the size of the hole to let the light in - a small aperture value will give you a narrow margin of focus (giving a deep blurred background), a large aperture value requires a lot more light but has more of the shot in focus. I'd let the camera sort out the exposure - don't have both aperture and shutter speed on manual - just one. I.e. a fast moving object - you want shutter priority so set that at a fast rate (I like 1000th/sec as it freezes most things - birds, insects flying etc.) If u r doing a portrait or macro and want the background to be blurred out - use aperture priority and set it to a small value (but when you focus, check the shutter speed the camera gives you isn't too slow.....if it is too slow then up the ISO). Ok....waffling now. 
Anyhow, I'm off to meet my landlord (as he fluffed up yesterday) and going to bird of prey centre on way back 
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Wow, for a moment there I thought it was the top of a baby crocodile head! o_0 (I thought "whoah, does she have a cat or a sabre-tooth tiger?")
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Mean looking worm. Don't think we have any of those around here...pity.
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Think you have a big enough selection of insects around you!!
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yeah, i thought that too. Especially when i was getting a bit too close and it moved around a lot 
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It looks a lot like a snake.
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Naw, it was only a sweet little thing! Only about 11 - 12 cm long. Tiny really
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