I see the persistence finally paid off. I've never paid much attention
to butterfly sensory organs before but am a bit surprised that he can
see or sense you 15 feet away. But I guess that's probably a survival
requirement against fast moving birds.
Chuck Norcutt
On 11/18/2011 8:39 AM, Chris Trask wrote:
> I went on a 12-mile hike in a desert wash yesterday, and at the far
> end came across a large butterfly. It would no let me get closer
> than about 15 feet, and if I made any sudden of large movements it
> would fly away. So, I had to very carefully watch the butterfly
> while blindly changing lenses from the 28-70mm to the 75-260mm, which
> I keep in a belt pouch. Took the 75-260mm from the pouch and tucked
> it under my right arm, then removed the 28-70mm and put it into the
> pouch. Put the 75-260mm on the camera, then adjusted the zoom all
> the way out and the aperture down to the full f/4.5, all without
> looking. This is easy to do with the 75-260mm as the control grips
> are nice and wide.
>
> I then set the shutter speed and carefully followed the butterfly
> around over four acres of boulders, cobble, and brush for about 15
> minutes. Managed to get all of three photos before it flew away
> completely. Only one was worth using for identification:
>
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/117647316926309333001/PicasaPhotoAlbum?authkey=Gv1sRgCJSmwLq4kMOzJQ#5676325652160024226>
>
> Enlarging the area around the butterfly yielded:
>
> <https://picasaweb.google.com/117647316926309333001/PicasaPhotoAlbum?authkey=Gv1sRgCJSmwLq4kMOzJQ#5676325808741868610>
>
> which is not too bad for a hand-held 260mm telephoto shot. The
> butterfly is a Queen (Danaus gilippus).
>
> Chris
>
> Regards, Chris
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