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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Swallowtail Portrait
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2020 16:46:42 -0500
References: <635668ce-9460-4fb0-f3cd-4cde1621762c@lighttube.net> <CA+3n+_mVqm5yiZqaywTquLWgTPJ4iU+WERTBW-nRkM6YQUWQ6w@mail.gmail.com>

Upward facing flowers provide better poses for butterflies, but also 
require a lot of work.? The Buddleia just requires trimming once a year, 
but the flutterbys hang at awkward angles and get hidden in the 
foliage.? Today's pose was more to my liking.

On 8/19/20 4:36 PM, Don Dory via LUG wrote:
> Good shots: autofocus got the wings perfect and just barely missed the
> eyes.   Which may be what you wanted as the wings are the foci.
>
> On Wed, Aug 19, 2020, 4:32 PM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> Late this afternoon, the pair of Tiger Swallowtails was back. Before I
>> was chased into the house by a nearby crash of thunder, I trusted AF and
>> snapped a number of shots a they moved about.  I got one shot that shows
>> an upper and lower view of the wings as well as body and head details as
>> it sipped on the Buddleia.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20200819-P8193127.JPG.html
>>
>> E-M1 and ZD 50mm Macro
>>
>> --
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
>>
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