The Moth Time Forgot

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Taken in Falmouth, Nova Scotia (See more photos or videos here)

44°59' 33" N, 64°9' 24" W

All night your moth-breath
Flickers among the flat pink roses. I wake to listen:
A far sea moves in my ear.

Sylvia Plath

It's not such a great photo, although I like the composition. It was a quick grab, car door hanging open, kid saying "Mom! Get back in the car! We have to go!".

What I adore about it is the scale and timeline. The moth, one wing almost torn off, full of holes and knicks and looking jagged, hangs from the same branch where last week's roses wither and die, turning brilliant pink before they go orange and then brown. In the bottom corner another rose, next week's fallen petals ... far off in the blur is next month's rose .... and so it goes. And goes. And goes.

This is a Luna moth.

Another of the same subject (but much better, technically speaking - like, you know, in focus and all) on the blog today. Yes, I went back outside with a 50mm and a solid camera body and got some others.

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	Auntie K says: Awesome shot! I would not have known this was a moth - looks leaflike. Nature sure produces strange and wonderful creations! Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
	CA says: Ah, such a sombre feel despite the beautiful pastel colors. She's been busy and battered. I hope her short life was productive and her offspring continue to delight us this time of year. I count the sight of her as important as the taste of the first tomato. Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
	Mr_Chips says: Yes it might have been a quick grabshot but it does have so much in there. I love the soft focus of the colours in the background. Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
	monika & manfred says: It's somehow not too easy for me to tell a person who definitely will know how great her photos are that they are impressive on me. So, at times I just fave and disappear again, but today I need to leave you a tangible trace, too: Your pictures constantly amaze me, and I do follow your stream, and I hope that I will also be able to learn this and that from you by doing so... Hats off to you! And kind regards from Vienna! Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
	๑♥Kiki Follettosa♥๑ says: great!!! ^O^ Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
	Ravens Tears says: I love the mood! Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )
	Églantine says: Looks so transparent! Thank you for the poetic excerpt from Sylvia Plath. Perfect together! Posted 11 months ago. ( permalink )
	Maui ʻāina says: I like this version. Both of the photo and the narative. Interesting that I ran into it tonight, through some convoluted voyage that I couldn't reconstruct if I had to. I just finished posting this: farm2.static.flickr.com/1320/1310248086_a6def 2617f.jpg Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )
	ddk4runner says: Beautifully done! Posted 10 months ago. ( permalink )
	Wysterior says: Wonderful work and wonderful photoblog, I'm deeply impressed... cya Wys Posted 5 months ago. ( permalink )

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