Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/08/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information