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We spent the last few days taking the daughter downstate to college, and of course I took the camera along. Took lots of macro shots and a few birds. Since it is raining here I thought I would post some butterfly shots from the trip.
1. Buckeye ![]() 2. Monarch ![]() 3. Painted Lady ![]() 4. Painted Lady ![]() 5. Pearl Crescent ![]() 6. Another Pearl Crescent. Appears to have no abdomen. ![]() 7. Full zoom of above butterfly. This one flew and acted normal. ![]() 8. Red-spotted Purple on old dry dung. I did not notice either the fly or the other butterfly in this picture while I was taking it. ![]() 9. Gray Hairstreak (Originally thought it was an Eastern Tailed Blue) ![]() 10. Skipper ![]() 11. Sulpher or something similar ![]() 12. Male Black Swallowtail ![]() 13. Top view ![]() 14. I took a ton of moth pictures also, but that may be another rainy day post. This was on the door of a hotel. ![]() |
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The markings on the first one look like the eyes and nostrils of a creature that would make any predator think twice,
All are very good captures and great timing on the open wings. The last one looks like a sinister creature from another reality. Good shootin' Steve. |
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What a wonderful anc colourful collection. My personal favourite is #6 but it was a hard call with a number of terrific shots.
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That's a very nice series Happy. All very sharp and clear. Did you use extra macro lens or are these from camera only?
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Thanks for looking and commenting tinosa, Rafael and Don.
All of these were taken using Nikon 3T and/or 4T macro lenses. Flash was used and very fast shutter speeds. The butterflies in 5, 9 and 10 are quite small and probably both lenses were used for them but I could not say for sure. For that matter, for some of the larger ones I may have had both on when they appeared and just backed off the zoom. I have noticed that no matter how I set up the camera some creature requiring a different configuration will appear. |
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Very nice series Steve, number 7 is my favorite.
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Thanks for commenting Emmanuel.
Now for my correction. I posted #9 that I have labeled an Eastern Tailed Blue to the flickr Butterfly Field Guide group and was told that it is indeed a Gray Hairstreak and not a blue. After I posted it here I noticed some of my pictures looked different then others. Below is a real Eastern Tailed Blue. ![]() |
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Beautiful butterflies Steve and the close-up is great.
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