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#3 really does look like a jet fighter, pretty cool! the first one has the best detail. i always thought these were moths also.
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Thanks for looking and commenting. I think I worked harder to get these pictures and to get them sorted (lots of throwaways),processed,identified and "sexed" than with any of the other butterfly "assignments" I gave myself. Between the wind, the harsh lighting, the rapid movements of the skippers, and the fact that many of them were above me, it is a wonder that I got anything useable - some of theshots I wanted most to use were unsalvageable. I wish the others were as good as the first one.
Don - credit the K10's SR and the lens (I really like that Tamron) for the sharpness, plus a technique I learned long ago - when you are not steady enough,press your elbows against your chest (while the camera is against your eye), take a deep breath and exhale slowly and shoot - you will be surprised how it damps your shakes. Edit: For scale, the individual florets on this Butterfly Bush's flower clusterseach measure about 7 mm across (25.4 mm = 1 inch). Edit: Another useful technique to enhance steadiness is to size the neckstrap so it fits snugly around youe upper arm or the shoulder (and not your neck) as you grip the camera. |
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A couple of additional shots, these with the Tamron 28-300 LD macro @ 300 mmon the K10D, also hand held in existing light:
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# 9 - male
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I love the comparison to the Tomcat. Military history is an interest of mine and you are right, the Skipper's wing shape and twin tails looks generally like an F-14. It looks even more like this airplane, the F7U Cutlass, built in the early 1950s as a Navy carrier fighter. This shot is a Blue Angles plane dating from 1952. More on that plane here http://www.blueangels.org/Aircraft/Misc/F8U/Misc3.html
Just shows that anything we can do, Mother Nature has probably already done. great shots penolta |
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Penolta, I always appreciate the way you share your knowledge along with your photographs. Thanks!
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Thanks Tim - it is nice to know it is appreciated.
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