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Joe M wrote in post #19263458
Great shot

Thank you.

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johnfosteruk wrote in post #19260200
Marbled whites with a heavy dew.

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Another one with parasitic red mites - Trombidium breei

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Oh very nice Jason.

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eastern tiger swallowtail
(seem comfortable with 12 foot minimum focusing distance)

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Peck's Skipper
(stand still and pick a spot they might land on)

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Black Swallowtail

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Steve

I really did not expect to get a shot of this feeding butterfly. Bright, sunny, and hot so I expected it to take off when I got close but it was more hungry than afraid. I could not grab onto the flower without spooking it, so I braced the camera by putting my elbow on my leg and rocked back and forth to get the focus where I wanted. Probably took a dozen frames and this is the only one that did not become one with the universe and the delete key on my keyboard.

Tech Specs: Canon 80D (F14, 1/125, ISO 200) + a Canon MP-E 65mm macro lens (set to 1x) + a diffused MT-26EX-RT with a Kaiser adjustable flash shoe on the "A" head (the key), E-TTL metering, -1 FEC). This is a single, uncropped, frame taken hand held. In post I used Topaz Sharpen AI and Clarity in that order. ISO and shutter speed set to expose for the natural light in the background.

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unclejohn wrote in post #19268989
Looks nice as a piece of art, too. The result was worth the effort.

Thanks!

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