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White Dragontail
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White Dragontail

by Gary Yeoh

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted May 21, 2010239 views5 comments
This is a relatively rare BF in HK and is confined only to a few areas. Its flight resembles that of a stingray moving in water and has a 'waveform' due to its long tail.

D90 iso400 1/640 F3.5 HH. Thanks for looking and C&C appreciated.

Comments

5 comments
Comment posted by Patricia Brundage on May 21, 2010 at 1:00 PM
Was wondering from the thumbnail whether it was a dragonfly or a butterfly. A nice sharp image showing off that beautiful tail and fuzzy body. Thanks for posting. :toast:
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Comment posted by Cheryl Molennor on May 21, 2010 at 9:41 PM
Cool looking butterfly/moth? Love the detail.
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Comment posted by Luke Ormand on May 22, 2010 at 11:34 PM
A dreamy creature and you captured the delicateness of this quite well in the scene. I think I would have liked to see a touch more DOF, especially to get the 2nd antennae in focus.
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Comment posted by Alessandra & Rocco on May 23, 2010 at 2:44 PM
A superb pic, good perspective angle Gary, compo and DOF are excellent :wavey:
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Comment posted by Sam Rua on May 28, 2010 at 9:56 PM
Nice find and a great comp, Gary. :smile:
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