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[JohnKoerner]

[JohnKoerner]

[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Longtail Skipper[/span]




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[JohnKoerner]

[BruceHouston]

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

Bruce

[wolfnowl]

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

Mike.

[JohnKoerner]

Thank you Bruce & Mike!


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





[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Zebra Swallowtail[/span]




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[JohnKoerner]

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[JohnKoerner]

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




[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Palamedes Swallowtail[/span]

[peteh]

And attached is a billowing shot of a palamedes swallowtail ...
[span style=\'font-size:14pt;line-height:100%\']Palamedes Swallowtail[/span]
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If these are with a Canon G9. I'm glad I bought one !

[JohnKoerner]

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

[dalethorn]

Here's three I took with a Pana FZ50.  Sorry I don't know the varieties.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

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.  

[dalethorn]

Don't forget birds.  Very important, those birds.

[wolfnowl]

Here's three I took with a Pana FZ50.  Sorry I don't know the varieties.
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The one on the left is a male Monarch butterfly.  The other two look like Tiger Swallowtails...  Nice photos!

Mike.

[JohnKoerner]

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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[jjj]

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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I think the Canon is obviously better, as it can also name the butterflies!!

[jjj]

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.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

I think the Canon is obviously better, as it can also name the butterflies!!
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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.  

[Ray]

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.

[jjj]

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.