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pathfinder
Aug-20-2006, 06:10 PM
Nightingale's garden continues to attract insects and I have been shooting a few frames of them from time to time.

A skipper on a butterfly bush
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/89411248-L.jpg

A swallowtail on a butterfly bush ------------------------------------------------------------------------- A yellow beetle on a red gallardia
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A black swallowtail
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/89502458-L.jpg

And a strongly backlit green heron for Harry
http://pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/89496555-M.jpg http://Pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/89496537-M.jpg
DavidTO
Aug-20-2006, 06:18 PM
Nice!

I really dig the contrasting colors in the first one.

But they're all real nice.
Cinda
Aug-20-2006, 06:55 PM
These are nice -- particularly the backlit heron. :thumb
Dick on Aruba
Aug-20-2006, 07:12 PM
Nice series, well done. I Like the 1st the most because of the colors.

Thanks for sharing.

Dick.
gluwater
Aug-20-2006, 07:38 PM
Excellent Jim! Love the skipper. But where are Nightingales pictures of her garden. Yes Nightingale, I'm talking to you. Share with the class :D.
Dalantech
Aug-20-2006, 11:26 PM
Awesome butterflies! :thumb
Tess32
Aug-21-2006, 04:21 AM
That's one good day! Excellent shots. I like the third best, gorgeous colours.
dbaker1221
Aug-21-2006, 04:49 AM
terriffic shots. Thanks.
raptorcaptor
Aug-21-2006, 06:52 AM
Very nice set. Particularly liked the first shot! :thumb
saurora
Aug-21-2006, 07:07 AM
These are great, love the skip! Are the herons in your garden, too???? :D
Harryb
Aug-21-2006, 08:14 AM
Outstanding set PF. What lens were you using?
pathfinder
Aug-21-2006, 11:11 AM
You folks are too nice!! Not a complaint to be seen. Hmmm!!

Harry, the macros were the 180 Tamron, which I have rec'd here on dgrin frequentlly. It is slow to focus ( as are all the long macros I've used ) but nice and sharp and contrasty.

The heron was shot with that infamous, lesser quality Tamron SP200-500 Di (IF) lens. It is not L glass, but it is really light and easy to carry around, and although I have been told this lens suffers from CA, I'll be darned if I can find it in my images shot with it.

A tripod is really necessary though - it is too long ( optically speaking) to shoot handheld, like I did for these herons.:):
Awais Yaqub
Aug-21-2006, 02:49 PM
:clap I loved all of them :lust :lust
pathfinder
Aug-21-2006, 05:02 PM
Thanks Awais.

You have posted some very interesting macros also.

I don't have any shots of blood suckers yet, but I'll keep looking:uhoh

Or NOT!!:rofl :rofl
Awais Yaqub
Aug-21-2006, 05:09 PM
Thanks Awais.

You have posted some very interesting macros also.

I don't have any shots of blood suckers yet, but I'll keep looking:uhoh

Or NOT!!:rofl :rofl

:rofl
:thumb keep looking
pathfinder
Aug-21-2006, 05:33 PM
:uhoh :uhoh :uhoh

:giggle :giggle
SteveF
Aug-21-2006, 06:12 PM
Nice series - really like the lower left green heron. I've seen a few of those in central Minnesota but never been able to get close enough.
pathfinder
Aug-21-2006, 07:03 PM
That is the first green heron I have seen in the wild here in Indiana.

I found it in a pond behind a local middle school. I will try and get back there and do a better job of capturing it again this week if time permits.

Here's my attempt at a damselfly...

http://Pathfinder.smugmug.com/photos/84207422-L.jpg