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Green Hairstreak

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 9, 2007 at 1:49 PM
Green Hairstreak
Hi to all,
Green Hairstreak , photographed on Whixall moss this morning , this was another first for me along with the White-faced and Black Darters and the Tiger Beetles , ( and a very friendly collie )

Levels , Usm (150,0.3,2 x2) S/h , Cropped.

Canon 20D , 300mmF4IS , Man055ProB , 468Head , rr
1/3200th @ F4 (don't ask) iso400 , E/c-1/3 jpeg

All comments welcome

Kind regards
Andy... :smile:
Posted by David Taylor on June 9, 2007 at 3:50 PM
Beautiful subject well complemented by its perch and BG. Very,very nice.and I won't ask.
:wink:

:toast: :toast:
Posted by Dave Courtenay on June 9, 2007 at 4:04 PM
A tad more dof would be nice but i think you have gotten away with it :toast:
Posted by Andy Astbury on June 9, 2007 at 4:34 PM
Works for me Andy :toast: :toast: :toast:

I won't ask :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
Posted by Rob Ashton on June 9, 2007 at 5:19 PM
Looks good to me.

Rob :toast:
Posted by Barrie Courtenay on June 10, 2007 at 5:33 AM
Hi Andy,sharp where it matters,great perch,like it a lot,300mm f4 makes a great macro lens,did you use any extension tubes for this Andy ?
Posted by David Kjaer on June 10, 2007 at 12:16 PM
Beautiful!

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 10, 2007 at 4:31 PM
Hi guys,
Thanks for the comments.

Hi Barrie,
I shot it just with the 300mm which will focus down to about 4ft , extension tubes are next on my list of purchases after a Sigma 150mm macro lense , I know that Ronnie Gorbert from across the pond uses a Nikon 300mmF4 with 51mm of extension tubes and captures some of the best dragonfly shots I've ever seen.

Kind regards to all.
Andy... :smile:
Posted by Tim Munsey on June 11, 2007 at 3:26 AM
Wow, this is so good. I'm a fan of 300mm F/4's for macro, make butterfly shots so much easier.

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Tim
Posted by Elliott Neep on June 13, 2007 at 11:27 AM
Like this a lot. That's a stunning green! Like the way the bracken leaf spirals under the butterfly :toast: :toast:
Posted by Justin on June 14, 2007 at 2:48 PM
Very,very nice indeed.
Great subject and superb perch.

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Totally agree about Ronnie's images,some of the finest around IMHO.