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Skipper on Pickerelweed
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Skipper on Pickerelweed

by Bill Leggett

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted August 17, 20184,698 views4 comments
I saw and commented on Norma Tareila Matl's recent Skipper image and realized I had found a similar species last Sunday in Jean Lafitte NP, although this one was framed with more plant and less BF. This is full frame from about 5-6 ft away as I recall. I would appreciate ID any input on the BF. I had considered toning down the BG in post, but then realized it worked pretty nicely as shot. In retrospect I should have stopped down a fair bit to get better detail in the Pickerelweed, could have easily handled two stops slower shutter speed. Well, maybe next time.

7D2, 100-400 II @400, on Wimberley I, ISO 400 f6.3 @1/800, 0.0EV

Comments

4 comments
Comment posted by Jim Zablotny on August 17, 2018 at 9:11 PM
Hi Bill,

You captured a nice composition with soft patterned BG and tack sharp subjects. I would have gone at least f8 to get most of that pickerel weed sharp...........................Jim
Registered on January 17, 2004, 705 Posts, 3594 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 20, 2018 at 10:23 AM
Bill this is a fine view both of the Pickerelweed and the BF.  I'm away from my books, so I can't work on an ID and this skipper is quite different from the ones that I see routinely in MD.  The background works well as presented, giving a nice glow that clearly says "summer".  I agree that more dof, to get the flower sharp would be an improvement, but this looks good as presented.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Mark Seaver on August 22, 2018 at 10:08 PM
Bill, I got home to look in my field guides...
This looks likely (based on its dark color) to be a Northern Broken Dash.  The Southern Broken Dash has similar markings but is usually a lighter brown/more golden.
Registered on January 23, 2011, 1103 Posts, 17270 Comments
Comment posted by Balan Vinod on August 23, 2018 at 6:34 AM
Bill....beautiful image of the butterfly ..and the flower. Fine bg as well... very nice capture..

Balan Vinod
Registered on March 20, 2006, 889 Posts, 2312 Comments