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Post your Butterflies!! Tips on how to capture them.

 
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Jun 24, 2021 10:39 |  #466

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Jun 25, 2021 11:33 |  #467

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Jul 05, 2021 08:32 |  #468

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Jul 06, 2021 22:36 |  #469

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Jul 07, 2021 07:21 |  #470

Yesterday, a monarch with a lot of white filling up at one of my viper's bugloss stations.

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Jul 08, 2021 08:31 |  #471

monarch
(12 foot minimum focusing distance helps keep them comfortable)

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Jul 08, 2021 12:01 |  #472

not sure if moths count...
Virgin Tiger Moth
From directly above handheld...even f/9 was too short on depth

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Jul 15, 2021 17:04 |  #474

Small skipper

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Jul 15, 2021 17:07 |  #475

Marbled whites with a heavy dew.

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Another one with parasitic red mites - Trombidium breei

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Jul 19, 2021 12:46 |  #476

eastern tiger swallowtail
(staying 12 feet back with the 400mm f/5.6 prime)

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Jul 19, 2021 12:48 |  #477

monarch

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Jul 23, 2021 10:02 |  #478

Caught in my garden feasting on the lavender bush

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Jul 23, 2021 23:44 as a reply to  @ kd_reno's post |  #479

Great shot


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Jul 23, 2021 23:44 as a reply to  @ jimmy_racoon's post |  #480

Sharp shot


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