[Leica] IMG: Pipevine Swallowtail

[Don Dory]

I appreciate your persistence pursuing the wily fluterflies.

On Tue, Aug 13, 2019, 10:10 AM Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net> wrote:

> I finally admitted to myself that the E-510 has a problem in the Mode
> Selector.  I can no longer set a fixed shutter speed. Program Mode still
> works, but that is not quick enough to capture flapping wings.  So,
> today I paired up the E-1 and the ZD 50-200. As long as I don't crop too
> much, this works ok.  The replacement suggested by Moose is on its way.
>
> This beautiful black butterfly was working the Buddleia but its wings
> never stopped fluttering.  With shutter speed set at 1/1000,  I followed
> it all about the bush.  This is my best shot.
>
> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190813-P8138367.JPG.html
>
> Online research leads me to believe it is a Pipevine Swallowtail, which
> has that blue cast to the body and hind wing.
>
> --
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
>
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