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Marbled Skipper

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Posted by tony flashman on June 29, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Marbled Skipper
Just when you get all lined up to take the shot, your arm, or a tripod leg touches the grass stem and the little blighter takes off and is gone. This time the skipper flew a few short yards before landing on a thistle head. Not just any thistle head but one that already had a Marbled White settled on it. I made sure that I touched nothing! They both stayed long enough for me to get rid of some distracting grass stems from the background and to fill a 2GB card.

Nikon D3
Sigma 180
400 iso
125th
f9
Benbo
cable release
Very late evening sun
Posted by Tom Smit on June 30, 2009 at 1:05 AM
Great shot. If you fill your 2Gb with this kind of pic's then you must be a happy guy.
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Posted by Brett Lewis on June 30, 2009 at 3:19 AM
LOL! Nice work Tony, some great light and both on the plane of focus.. Couldn't ask for more than that really..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Rob McEwen on June 30, 2009 at 3:41 AM
Beautiful ! Makes me almost want to get in to macro stuff - "almost" because I don't know if I'd ever get anything as nice as this :smile:

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Posted by David Sewell on June 30, 2009 at 4:35 AM
Nicely composed, and well-conrolled depth of field.

David
Posted by PhilH on June 30, 2009 at 5:10 AM
Now you are just showing off Tony... 2 in 1,

Great to get both on the same perch and well taken.

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Posted by Matt Cole on June 30, 2009 at 6:02 AM
excellent Tony. You need a bit of luck sometimes but then you need the know-how to take advantage of it, which you've done very well here.

Matt
Posted by Tim Gregory on June 30, 2009 at 7:39 AM
Looks good, quite like the comp here actually.

I think it could perhaps be improved by slightly stronger lighting to bring out the colour a little more, the lighting is soft but I think its a little dull at the same time for this sort of shot.

Posted by Dennis Alden on June 30, 2009 at 7:56 AM
2 for the price of 1 - thats greedy :smile:

Can;t offer any constructive criticism as there is nothing to criticise :smile:

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dennis
Posted by Major Gilbert on June 30, 2009 at 10:53 AM
Whats this, buy one get one free Tony?
Whjat a great opourtunity you have captured well. :toast:

Major
Posted by David Taylor on June 30, 2009 at 11:46 AM
BOGOF beauties. :wink:

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Posted by eric weight on June 30, 2009 at 2:36 PM
Great chance - well taken. There's nothing wrong with being lucky. It's making the most of it that sorts the men from the boys.

:toast: Eric
Posted by Ray on June 30, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Excellent capture, yes those Benbo's can have a mind of their own.
Posted by John Robinson on June 30, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Excellent work. Nothing else to say much.My only very small nit is that the MW looks abit bright on my gear.
Cheers
John
Posted by Fran French on July 3, 2009 at 8:44 AM
Super Tony!! Green with envy here.

Fran :toast: