{"id":4008,"date":"2013-08-01T07:23:35","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T11:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=4008"},"modified":"2013-08-01T07:23:35","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T11:23:35","slug":"power-moth-on-pickerelweed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=4008","title":{"rendered":"Power Moth on Pickerelweed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was really hoping, when I took the photo, that this blue pond plant had a lovely name, like Water Hyacinth, and that the bug was, as I originally assumed, a Skipper, so I could have a euphonious title (I head the word “euphonious” on a British TV comedy this week…and I have been, apparently, looking for a excuse to use it :). “Skipper on Water Hyacinth”. Now that is euphonious!<\/p>\n

Unfortunately in the interest of accuracy, this is just common Pickerelweed, but, as some compensation, it is a Powder Moth of some kind…so we have some nice alliteration to contribute to a mellifluous title, even if it is not truly euphonious (yes, I have been at the thesaurus trying to find the spelling of euphonious. I always enjoy a little thesauric browsing before breakfast).<\/p>\n

Samsung Smart Camera WB250F. Program and Macro focus (as opposed to the Macro Mode). I used Intelligent Zoom which increases the normal 18x zoom on the camera and maintains image quality by reducing the number of pixels captured at higher zoom ratios. This was a 10mp image (down from the native 14mp) at something in the 500mm equivalent field of view range. I then cropped it slightly for increased image scale. Processed in PicSay Pro on the Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone.<\/p>\n

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