Luna moth on a fern

I photographed this luna moth in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Many moths typically rest with their wings open, and that makes photography a lot easier compared to shooting butterflies whose wings are folded when they are at rest. In the early morning, the air was quite cool. Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths) require at least 55 degrees Fahrenheit to fly, so it was easy for me to move in close and position the camera directly above the insect. In this way, I made the back of the camera (i.e. the plane of the digital sensor) parallel with the wings of the moth. This insured maximum depth of field. In a picture like this, it’s essential to have sharpness from edge to edge. My settings were 1/8, f/22, and 100 ISO.