Same white headed moth but from a rear side view. Pretty wings

[JBW]

That's not noise on the wing it is the texture.

[Shadowman]

Nicely captured.

[JBW]

Nicely captured.

Bug shots are supposedly better head on but the wing was just darn pretty as well as the leg colours.

[Geoff F]

Somebody who is familiar with the moths from your area should be able to get an identification from that angle.

As you say, moth scales often make the subject appear to be badly photographed when in reality the skill was in capturing all those tiny scales. And the shiny individual scales can make macro flash photography difficult. I always prefer to photograph them with a long exposure under soft lighting, without any flash.

[JBW]

Somebody who is familiar with the moths from your area should be able to get an identification from that angle.

As you say, moth scales often make the subject appear to be badly photographed when in reality the skill was in capturing all those tiny scales. And the shiny individual scales can make macro flash photography difficult. I always prefer to photograph them with a long exposure under soft lighting, without any flash.

F/8 at 1/25s not really a long exposure but certainly soft lighting.