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Published: 2007-08-02 14:12:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 680; Favourites: 28; Downloads: 0
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Profile view of a Tiger Swallowtail.Related content
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Amazing pic!!!
Please click on my name and have a look at my gallery.
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Thanks. This fellow cooperated a little. As long as butterflies are feeding, you can get a bunch of shots, and one is sure to turn out. I never can catch them in mid-flight, it seems. I'm glad they settle on flowers.
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Thanks! I was very lucky in the butterfly department this year!
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I have featured this in my journal [link] if you would rather I didn`t and would like me to remove it please let me know.
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Thanks so much! No, I don't mind at all...just saw your journal page and it looks gorgeous. I love it when nature/outdoor photos are assembled in one place like that. It makes for a colorful and attractive display. We surely do have a lot of talent here at DA, eh?
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Thank you. I had lots of fun chasing butterflies in the 100-degree heat! 
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Thanks...I'm glad he posed for a few seconds....some butterflies are calm and some are flitty. This one was calm.
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You're welcome! and you're lucky, I have yet to meet a calm butterfly!
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But some seem to be far more jittery than others, I've noticed.
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Thank you for sharing this amazing piece of artwork with me; in return I am featuring it in my journal [link] No need to reply.
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Thank you so much! I appreciate it.
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An amazing capture! So beautiful, and your work here is superb!
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Thank you so very much, Linda. I appreciate your kind words and the 
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it.
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Beautiful Jean! You must have asked him very nicely to pose for you.lol Well done.
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Thank you very much for the compliment and fave! No, they don't like me too much. 
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Thanks! Yes, he's on a blooming thistle. Those things were all over the place where I went to photograph; bees and butterflies seem to love them--also goldfinches!
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It's fun to be in a field and see all sorts of pretty butterflies!
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The details you've captured are amazing, I love this series of butterful shots.
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Thank you so much for that wonderful compliment, Nance. I certainly am happy to hear you enjoyed looking at these pretty insects...I had fun taking them, too! It's great when a few of them come out clear, too.
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What a beautiful and unique shot, Jean! This guy must've been hard to shoot.
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Thanks, Jenn. Butterflies are hard to capture because they are always on the move. Once they land on a flower, you have a fighting chance to get 'em! But the shutter speed has to be set high and there has to be plenty of light. I would recommend getting a 200 or 300mm zoom lens for this, though. They always fly away when one gets too close.
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That's good advice! I had a hard time getting shots of some bumblebees early this week. A better camera would've been nice. I will get that Rebel sooner or later!
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I hope you do, Jenn. Bumblebees? I have YET to get a good bumblebee pic! For some odd reason, they never come out crisp looking...they are always soft looking. I think bees move a lot more than we think they do.
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Yeah only stayed on the flowers for a second or so. And yeah, mine's on the blurry side.
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Thank you...I tried hard to get some good shots this time...threw away tons of them before I got to the good ones!
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Well I wish I could get 4 good ones, I'm lucky if I get half a picture to look good 
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I usually don't have such good luck, but since there was plenty of light, I used a fast shutter speed and was able to stop down some of the constant motion. Wish I could do better with birds!
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I'm sure you'll get the hang of it. Haven't you uploaded pics of birds here? I can't even remember. I know it's mostly flowers and butterflies but I thought you had a few birds. I never see any problems with your photos or any of your work in general
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I do have birds, but I wish I could get some better ones....I see problems with most of my bird pics (camera shake mostly).
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Well I would think if you had camera shake that it would show in your butterfly pics too and I've never noticed it. But everyone is too critical of their own work
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Once in awhile, I can avoid the shake, or the shutter is set so fast, the shake doesn't show. It usually only happens with the 300mm zoom, which is logical. But you're right...we are way to self-critical sometimes.
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Thank you for the lovely compliment and
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Another great shot... one of the beauties I can never get close enough to shoot in macro. They flutter away when they see me coming.
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Oh, I know what you mean! I can't get close to them either. They have really sharp eyes and senses, so I'm lucky to get within 6 feet of them. I used my 300mm zoom for these.
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Yeah that's the only way I've gotten butterflies in the past... I'm so jealous of these guys who manage to get in there with their macro lenses. Although most of them are out at the crack of dawn shooting half asleep and still cold butterflies... while I'm still trying to catch up from lost sleep during the night. So the envy is of the shots and not what they go through to get them. Although I've laid in bird poop to get the perfect shot before, so there is really no underestimating what a photog will do to get the shot.
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I'll do anything it takes, short of breaking the law. I've heard of people catching bugs and butterflies and putting them in the fridge for a few hours, then posing them on some natural background, and letting them go when they "come to." Not quite the way I want to do business, however!
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Yeah... me either... I don't want to kill something to take it's picture either. Universities actually encourage freezing lady bugs for 5 minutes so you can pictures for cataloging but not my cup of tea. It's cheating and I think you run a risk of killing the little guys.
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Yep, I agree; there's just something unseemly about it. It just feels "wrong-ish".
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