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Cabbage Butterfly
Started August 11, 2009 @ 8:25am by MCampbell
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MCampbell
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| Cabbage Butterfly | August 11, 2009 @ 8:25am | Still like grabbing the G9 for these quick macros without tripod.
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Flo
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| August 11, 2009 @ 8:33am | Great! How did you get so close without scaring it off? These cabbage butterflies are so flitty. This is a great portrait of one - that little G9 is super.
Flo - PPY
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Wes
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| August 11, 2009 @ 8:56am |
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Still like grabbing the G9 for these quick macros without tripod.
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It does do a wonderful job, Michael. This is about the only butterfly we see around here this year.
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MCampbell
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| August 11, 2009 @ 8:59am | Thanks Flo & Wes. This was early in the morning and I guess it was still resting. I thought it would fly away but I was able to manouver the little camera in among the tomato leaves, brushing them aside so that the camera was an inch or so away.
Yes for these close ups the late model G series from Canon are really great. The big live view screen is very helpful for composition.
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RickT
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| August 11, 2009 @ 9:09am |
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This is about the only butterfly we see around here this year.
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Forgetting about your beautiful tiger swallowtail already, Wes? Of course, what you said is sadly true because our butterfly populations have been greatly diminished by pesticide-heavy farming and habitat destruction. If I'm old enough to remember huge numbers of butterflies in the countryside, I'm sure you are, Wes  . I can remember a car trip through Wisconsin in the 1950s when my dad had to pull the car over and scrape butterflies off the car radiator to prevent the engine from overheating.
But enough nostalgia. This is a great shot, Michael. How you managed to keep the focus on the butterfly shows real mastery of that G9.
RickT
Boulder, Colorado
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Becky
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| August 11, 2009 @ 7:13pm | Michael, great shot, and it helps to get them in the early morning. I have heard butterflies are more sluggish at that time (or so say the "experts").
For nostalgia, I miss the fire-flies, who are gone for the same reason as the butterflies, too much junk.
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