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Late summer butterflies
Aug 28, 2012 18:04:31 #
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
Fiery Skipper Butterfly
Gray Hairstreak Butterfly
Silver-spotted Skipper Butterfly
Aug 28, 2012 18:08:02 #
bob_71 wrote:
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
Super shots Bob,clear and sharp as a pin.Good work.
Aug 28, 2012 18:24:59 #
angler wrote:
Super shots Bob,clear and sharp as a pin.Good work.
bob_71 wrote:
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
Super shots Bob,clear and sharp as a pin.Good work.
You are very kind, Angler!
Thanks, Bob
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Aug 28, 2012 18:30:11 #
very nice and spot on sharpness.What equipment and were you using tripod?
Aug 28, 2012 18:37:06 #
Aug 28, 2012 18:41:52 #
jk48
Loc: Camarillo, California
bob_71 wrote:
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
They are lovely....I thought the Fiery Skipper was a moth..I found one in my garden one day...I am posting to see if you think it is the same creature...
And a few more I took at a Butterfly pavillion last week...and some from my garden..Love that wasp..he is very pretty actually..
from my garden
in the Milkweed in my garden
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Aug 28, 2012 18:44:24 #
jk48
Loc: Camarillo, California
angler wrote:
Super shots Bob,clear and sharp as a pin.Good work.
bob_71 wrote:
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
Super shots Bob,clear and sharp as a pin.Good work.
They are very sharp and clear...bugs, bees and butterflies are not that easy to shoot...
Aug 28, 2012 18:51:55 #
tusketwedge wrote:
very nice and spot on sharpness.What equipment and were you using tripod?
Thanks for your comments!
I was using the Canon 40D with the 100mm, f/2.8, Macro (Not the newer model with Image Stabilization). I almost always use a sturdy Bogen tripod with a ball head. I find that I often use it as a bipod or as a monopod...no matter how I use it, it dramatically increases my sharpness because it reduces my handshake created blur.
Bob
Aug 28, 2012 18:53:29 #
Tom DePuy wrote:
very nice ...here's one of mine, sorry here's two
Unfortunately, I do not have the Gulf Fritillary in my area. Your shots are very nice!
Bob
Aug 28, 2012 19:06:39 #
They are lovely....I thought the Fiery Skipper was a moth..I found one in my garden one day...I am posting to see if you think it is the same creature...
And a few more I took at a Butterfly pavillion last week...and some from my garden..Love that wasp..he is very pretty actually..[/quote]
jk48, your first shot is almost certainly the same Fiery Skipper. I usually shoot multiple exposures of most of my captures...this gives me views of both upper wings and the underneath side as well making ID more certain. Moths generally have comb-like appendages on their antennae while most butterflies have smooth antennae with, usually, a club-like feature on the end. I use "usually", "almost" and other similar terms because there always seems to be exceptions...for example, the hummingbird moth has butterfly type antennae.
It is hard not to be awed with the bees, wasps, lizards and other creatures that we come across in our gardens and our cameras increase this pleasure immensely.
Thanks for posting.
Bob
And a few more I took at a Butterfly pavillion last week...and some from my garden..Love that wasp..he is very pretty actually..[/quote]
jk48, your first shot is almost certainly the same Fiery Skipper. I usually shoot multiple exposures of most of my captures...this gives me views of both upper wings and the underneath side as well making ID more certain. Moths generally have comb-like appendages on their antennae while most butterflies have smooth antennae with, usually, a club-like feature on the end. I use "usually", "almost" and other similar terms because there always seems to be exceptions...for example, the hummingbird moth has butterfly type antennae.
It is hard not to be awed with the bees, wasps, lizards and other creatures that we come across in our gardens and our cameras increase this pleasure immensely.
Thanks for posting.
Bob
Aug 28, 2012 19:16:35 #
jk48
Loc: Camarillo, California
bob_71 wrote:
They are lovely....I thought the Fiery Skipper was a moth..I found one in my garden one day...I am posting to see if you think it is the same creature...
And a few more I took at a Butterfly pavillion last week...and some from my garden..Love that wasp..he is very pretty actually..
And a few more I took at a Butterfly pavillion last week...and some from my garden..Love that wasp..he is very pretty actually..
jk48, your first shot is almost certainly the same Fiery Skipper. I usually shoot multiple exposures of most of my captures...this gives me views of both upper wings and the underneath side as well making ID more certain. Moths generally have comb-like appendages on their antennae while most butterflies have smooth antennae with, usually, a club-like feature on the end. I use "usually", "almost" and other similar terms because there always seems to be exceptions...for example, the hummingbird moth has butterfly type antennae.
It is hard not to be awed with the bees, wasps, lizards and other creatures that we come across in our gardens and our cameras increase this pleasure immensely.
Thanks for posting.
Bob[/quote]
They are awesome through that macro lens that is for sure..never thought I would think a wasp is pretty...
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Aug 29, 2012 09:57:22 #
bob_71 wrote:
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
Outstanding! I can't seem to get that close with my 105 macro. You must be very patient. Great images. Well done!
Aug 29, 2012 12:22:12 #
jk48
Loc: Camarillo, California
naturepics43 wrote:
Outstanding! I can't seem to get that close with my 105 macro. You must be very patient. Great images. Well done!
bob_71 wrote:
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
Outstanding! I can't seem to get that close with my 105 macro. You must be very patient. Great images. Well done!
I have image stabilization on my 105 fixed..Sigma lens..nice lens..I sat down on a step stool among the flowers in my patio and that helped stablize it alot also...these little guys are tough to do and hold that lens steady...sitting is a big help
Aug 29, 2012 15:19:11 #
naturepics43 wrote:
Outstanding! I can't seem to get that close with my 105 macro. You must be very patient. Great images. Well done!
bob_71 wrote:
A few from my garden. Thanks for taking a look...you are always welcome to post your shots in any of my posts.
Bob
Bob
Outstanding! I can't seem to get that close with my 105 macro. You must be very patient. Great images. Well done!
I am probably not as close as you might think. The first of the attached photos shows the full viewfinder image (un-cropped) and the second is a much smaller file image that has been been significantly cropped. Both are from the same exposure.
Bob
full frame
heavily cropped-same image
Aug 29, 2012 15:35:39 #
Gray Hairstreak. I was wondering what their name was. I have tons of them in my garden.
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