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Subject: [Leica] [OM] IMG: Pipevine Swallowtail
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:37:51 -0500
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Thanks, Nathan.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 8/16/2019 1:29 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> Beautiful creature, beautifully photographed.
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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>> On 13 Aug 2019, at 19:10, 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.
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>> 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.
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>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20190813-P8138367.JPG.html
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>> Online research leads me to believe it is a Pipevine Swallowtail, which 
>> has that blue cast to the body and hind wing.
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>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Pipevine Swallowtail)
Message from photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman) ([Leica] [OM] IMG: Pipevine Swallowtail)