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When will It be My Turn? #3

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The Workshop Players rehearse Akuna at the Lionel Wendt. February 2022.

• 53mm • f/4 • 1/50 • ISO12800 • EOS R & RF24-105mm f/4L courtesy Canon/Metropolitan

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Peacock Dancer, Mt Lavina Beach #23

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Rusini Gunawardena of ‘Thiwarna’.
Rusini Gunawardena of ‘Thiwarna’, shot for Canon/Metropolitan Sri Lanka in August 2020.

Peacock Dancer, Mt Lavinia Beach #24

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Rusini Gunawardena of ‘Thiwarna’, shot for Canon Sri Lanka in August 2020.

Peacock Dancer, Mt Lavinia Beach #18

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Peacock Dancer, Mt Lavinia Beach #18
Rusini Gunawardena of ‘Thiwarna‘, shot last week for today’s Canon Sri Lanka launch of the R5 and R6 mirrorless cameras. I’m usually not that interested in shooting in artificial light, but this was justified; using constant tungsten to light up Rusini against the fading twilight on Mt Lavinia Beach.

Yam Hawk Moth #2-6

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Yam Hawk Moth (Theretra nessus) #6 by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com
Theretra nessus, on my window sill in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in July 2019. A couple of years ago, I posted photos of a much larger and more colourful specimen, but unfortunately that one was dying. I was lucky that this bugger was trapped inside my living room and was able to snap a few shots before he escaped.
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Drying Off

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Little cormorants dry their wings after a morning dive in the Diyawanna Oya, Kotte, Sri Lanka. Shot on assignment for Serendib, the inflight magazine of Sri Lankan Airlines. My story, ‘The Capital Lake‘, appears in the January 2017 issue.

Yam Hawk Moth

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Yam Hawk Moth (Theretra nessus) by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com

One of the lesser known members of the hawk moth family (Sphingidae), the relatively large yam hawk moth (Theretra nessus) has a wingspan of over 10cm, and is native to the Indian subcontinent, east and southeast Asia. Colombo, Sri Lanka, November 2016.

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    Wings & Torso by Son of the Morning Light on 500px.com

    Closeup of the wings and abdomen of a yam hawk moth (Theretra nessus), one of the lesser known members of the hawk moth family (Sphingidae). The yam hawk moth is native to south, southeast, and east Asia, and can have a wingspan of over 10cm.

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