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JohnKoerner

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« on: May 24, 2008, 10:22:54 pm »

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JohnKoerner

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« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2008, 10:25:15 pm »


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JohnKoerner

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« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2008, 10:27:49 pm »

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« Reply #3 on: May 25, 2008, 12:45:23 am »

I like your butterflies, John!  Good job putting that new camera equipment to use.

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« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2008, 01:09:00 am »

Some nice work, John... thanks for sharing them!

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« Reply #5 on: May 25, 2008, 07:31:17 am »

Thank you Bruce & Mike!


Here is one I got of a Zebra Swallowtail the other day ...





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« Reply #6 on: May 25, 2008, 07:35:33 am »

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« Reply #7 on: May 25, 2008, 07:41:35 am »

And attached is a billowing shot of a palamedes swallowtail ...




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« Reply #8 on: May 26, 2008, 04:45:39 am »

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And attached is a billowing shot of a palamedes swallowtail ...
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If these are with a Canon G9. I'm glad I bought one !
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« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2008, 09:46:26 am »

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If these are with a Canon G9. I'm glad I bought one !


Yes as a matter of fact they are, and here's another angle of my new-found Longtail Skipper that has come to my garden
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« Reply #10 on: May 26, 2008, 08:48:25 pm »

Here's three I took with a Pana FZ50.  Sorry I don't know the varieties.
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« Reply #11 on: May 26, 2008, 09:05:54 pm »

Gorgeous photos, John and Dale! Thanks for sharing them.

Now we can put to rest once and for all the question of which camera is "best": Just decide which one attracts the most interesting butterflies.  
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« Reply #12 on: May 26, 2008, 11:44:58 pm »

Don't forget birds.  Very important, those birds.
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« Reply #13 on: May 27, 2008, 02:07:35 am »

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The one on the left is a male Monarch butterfly.  The other two look like Tiger Swallowtails...  Nice photos!

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« Reply #14 on: May 27, 2008, 08:27:51 pm »

Very nice shots Dale ... and thanks Eric

WolfnOwl is right, the first is a monarch and the second two are tiger swallowtails (I belive western tigers) ...

I almost got to take a shot of a Great Purple Hairstreak today ... but the lil' guy just wouldn't let me get close enough

Hope some more people choose to share theirs!




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« Reply #15 on: May 28, 2008, 06:40:03 am »

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Gorgeous photos, John and Dale! Thanks for sharing them.

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I think the Canon is obviously better, as it can also name the butterflies!!
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« Reply #16 on: May 28, 2008, 06:41:22 am »

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Another shot of the gray hairstreak (note the green lynx spider stalking him in the background  )
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Good example of camoflage, took me a while to spot him.
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« Reply #17 on: May 28, 2008, 09:58:53 am »

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Ooh, I'm so happy I have the Right Brand. Now I've got to find a butterfly for it to identify.  
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« Reply #18 on: May 28, 2008, 09:42:43 pm »

These are very spectacular and colorful shots which demonstrate how useful P&S cameras are for macro photography.

Yet, there is a flat, 2-dimensional effect to the butterflies which I assume is due to the camera being used (in macro mode) with telephoto lens fully extended.

Is this the case? I don't have much experience using P&S cameras, which is why I ask. However, I can see that it might not be possible to get closer using a shorter focal length because the butterfly would take off.

It would be interesting to compare two macro shots of something that is stationary or unable to fly away, using both the short end and the long end of the lens.
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« Reply #19 on: May 28, 2008, 11:29:01 pm »

Actually Ray, you often find the best macro setting is at the short end of the zoom with Canons. And the 3rd shot loks very wide angle like to me.
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