Thanks, Bob. Those Monarchs have a long trip ahead of them. They probably
hate to leave your pines behind.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Bob Whitmire" <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2012 10:44 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Clouded Sulphur B'fly
> Nice one, Jim. Interesting bokeh, too.
>
> On the subject of butterflies, I motorcycled down to Pemaquid Point a
> couple of days ago, and apparently a monstrously huge flock of monarchs
> are getting ready for their annual road trip. Two or three tall pines were
> absolutely covered with them. Naturally, I didn't have my camera with me,
> at least not one that would have got me close enough. Come to think of it,
> I don't have anything that will get me close enough. Where's Moose with
> that OM-D when I need him? <g>
>
> --Bob
>
>
> On Sep 20, 2012, at 2:40 PM, Jim Nichols wrote:
>
>> The yellow Clouded Sulphur butterflies have been around the spider lilies
>> this week, but they are difficult to approach. I decided to try to grab
>> an image of one in flight. It was not until I processed the image that I
>> realized he was flying with his tongue fully extended. This is about a
>> 10% crop of the 4/3 image.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Clouded+Sulphur+B_fly+in+Flight.jpg.html
>>
>> Olympus E-1 with Leica Elmarit-R 60mm Macro, ISO 200, 1/4000 at f/2.8,
>> RAW
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>
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