You just need to train those skippers to knock off the Japanese beetles.
Chuck Norcutt
On 6/25/2012 2:00 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
> I wanted to get more distance from the butterflies, so I put my Takumar
> 135/3.5 plus an 11mm extension tube on the E-1. The Tak normally focuses to
> 5 ft. With the tube, the focusing range is about 3 to 6 ft, about right to
> shoot the b'flies without spooking them.
>
> The usual subjects were there. Here is a face-off between a Skipper and a
> Japanese beetle:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Faceoff+67.jpg.html
>
> Another visitor showed up for the first time this year. This is a
> Silver-Spotted Skipper:
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Silver-Spotted+Skipper+62.jpg.html
>
> The distance was fine, but manual focusing and changing aperture can be a
> pain.
>
> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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