Thank you, Bob & Bruce.
The sun was still pretty high in the sky at the time, so I just kind of
positioned myself where the light would be good and waited for the
butterfly to pick a good blossom. I've found that chasing them around
tends to produce a lot of junk. Of course, it helped that there weren't
many other flowers in the immediate vicinity to pull draw it away from me.
More than anything, though, I learned how much I desperately need a 500/4.
Thanks again!
-- Walt
On 8/1/2012 2:30 PM, Bob W wrote:
I agree - both really beautiful, but the light on the first is outstanding.
B
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Bruce Walker
Walt, I think that first one is really good. I love the colour and
light here, so a bit of blur be damned. :-)
Almost all my butterfly shots are ruined by subject being in open glare
sun. Or else he's hiding in shade too deep to get anything.
On Wed, Aug 1, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Walt Gilbert <[email protected]>
wrote:
I stepped out into the oppressive heat yesterday afternoon with the
K20D/Promaster 70-300 and spotted a butterfly fluttering around the
trusty ol' mimosa tree. Being somewhere between 95-100 degrees, it
was
very, *very* active and tough to capture. I did manage to get a
couple
of presentable shots out of about 10 attempts. Here they are:
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7688875542/
http://www.flickriver.com/photos/walt_gilbert/7688874428/
They're not world-beaters, I suppose, but I was pretty happy that I
was able to even get the thing in the frame.
Comments/suggestions welcome as always.
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