[Leica] IMG: Pipevine Swallowtail

[Jim Nichols]

Thanks,  Don.  When it’s 95 in the shade, and I’m in the sun, I don’t linger very long.

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> On Aug 13, 2019, at 5:29 PM, Don Dory via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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