Flying By

Gallery: WildlifePosted May 5, 2012169 views2 comments

Shooting Moharchs in Kingwood, Texas tried a select focus and waited for this beauty to fly by. Suggestions welcomed on this experiement.

Sony a77, 70-400 G series Sony (@330mm) zoom at 9.5 and 1/1000 second
tirpod and ball head.
lr 4 and PS5 with little crop 10%.

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Comment posted by John Tobias on May 6, 2012 at 8:29 AM

Nice try Rick, even with a bit of the butterfly OOF it is still IMHO a neat shot! I think you could crop out more of the FG, the sharper grass is a bit distracting from the subject. Now, I am going to have to try this. Thanks for sharing and the idea of catching a butterfly in flight!

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Comment posted by Brad Hill on May 8, 2012 at 8:44 AM

Hi Rick,

Interesting shot and good idea. Only small nits from me - looks like the focus was slightly off, but only very slightly (would have been great if the head region and antennae were in focus). I'm in agreement with John about the crop - to me there's a little too much foreground (and the overall scene, especially the shape of the butterfly, would work well with a more pano-style format).

On the subject - A bit hard to ID this guy with this view, but looks to me more like an Admiral (possibly a Lorquin's Admiral) than a Monarch...

Cheers...thanks for sharing this shot (and your idea).

Brad

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