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Skipper

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Posted by Guy Rogers on July 8, 2009 at 4:56 PM
Skipper
Canon 5D, 180mm, 1/13, f16, iso 100, Tripod, Cable release.
Posted by Craig Jones on July 8, 2009 at 5:06 PM
Top shot Guy,love the soft-muted BG and the detail is sharp,like the 'matt' look to the eye.Very nice :wink: :wink: :wavey:
Posted by Michael John O' Ma on July 8, 2009 at 5:10 PM
Absolutely perfect. BG is beautiful.

MJ
Posted by David Taylor on July 8, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Superb capture!

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Posted by Maggie Campbell on July 8, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Really like this. Detail and background is spot on.
Posted by Brett Lewis on July 8, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Agree, a large skipper I think..? Up to your usual high standard Guy..

Brett :toast: :toast:
Posted by Des Ong on July 8, 2009 at 8:16 PM
Nice capture Guy. Photographed a few of these this evening in fading lights. I find it challenging to get both antenae sharp as they tend to fork away from one another.

Des :toast: :wavey:
Posted by Sandra Hendrikse on July 9, 2009 at 2:15 AM
This is absolutely wonderful. Great capture and very well composed. :smile: :smile:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on July 9, 2009 at 3:03 PM
Very nice Guy def a large skipper.

Phil.

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Posted by Matt Cole on July 9, 2009 at 4:18 PM
excellent Guy, not an easy species to photograph this well.

Matt
Posted by Guy Rogers on July 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM
Thanks for the comments and the ID was not to sure if it was a small or large Skipper.

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