Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus), on some spent Lazy Susan from this morning.
F/13, 1/320th, ISO 640, 1D M3, Sigma 150mm + 1.4x ext and fill using a monopod for support.
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9 comments
Comment posted by gary phillips on July 1, 2014 at 9:42 PM
Love the eyes and the antennae, Howard. Stately little creature. Nice work as always.
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Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on July 1, 2014 at 10:10 PM
Hi Howard,
Nice and sharp--the scales on the wings are the interesting feature of this photo.......................Jim
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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 1, 2014 at 10:20 PM
Another fine BF image, Howard. Love the look of the pretty hairstreak against the nice bg, and the flower petals add beauty as well. While I like it as is, I find that the spent, oof flower center detracts from the beauty of the image. What about cropping the lower the bottom of the image to just above the top of the flower center? The detail is so good that you can well lose the pixels, IMO.
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 2, 2014 at 9:53 AM
"The detail is so good that you can well lose the pixels, IMO."
While I agree with you about the detail I really don't have the pixels to waste Scott.
This is cropped from the 1D M3's 10.1mp 3888 to 3100 on the longest side.
I need to upgrade to the Mark IV, but it keeps getting shoved off.
Yesterday it was the air conditioner that went kaput, tomorrow it'll be something else
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Comment posted by Mark Seaver on July 2, 2014 at 4:20 PM
This is a neat hairstreak, Howard, and the plane of focus is perfect. The flower adds some fine color. My guess is that it's a Juniper Hairstreak (Callophrys gryneus), which would mean that you have red cedars nearby. Last Saturday, I helped with the local butterfly count. Our group has very occasionally seen a few of these, but not this year. Butterflies were few and far between, which we're guessing relates to the long cold winter and late spring.
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Comment posted by scott lanz on July 2, 2014 at 9:30 PM
Gotcha, Howard. I didn't realize this was cropped already. The excellent detail fooled me!
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Comment posted by Yun Gao on July 2, 2014 at 11:20 PM
Howard, Lovely little butterfly. Nice patterns in the wings and the rust color matches well the colors in the flower. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on July 3, 2014 at 11:14 AM
Scott,
I went back and pulled one out that was a bit closer. I maintained the same res, and still cropped out about 50% of the flowers spent head as you suggested. Also, the post was flipped vertical, this is as shot..
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Comment posted by Bill Fach on July 4, 2014 at 2:26 PM
Howard: Really nice capture of this little guy. I like the perch too. 2 thumbs up! >=))>
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9 commentsNice and sharp--the scales on the wings are the interesting feature of this photo.......................Jim
While I agree with you about the detail
This is cropped from the 1D M3's 10.1mp 3888 to 3100 on the longest side.
I need to upgrade to the Mark IV, but it keeps getting shoved off.
Yesterday it was the air conditioner that went kaput, tomorrow it'll be something else
I went back and pulled one out that was a bit closer. I maintained the same res, and still cropped out about 50% of the flowers spent head as you suggested. Also, the post was flipped vertical, this is as shot..