Giant Swallowtail Nectaring On Firebush
Giant Swallowtail Nectaring On Firebush
Ed, this is my favorite of your recent pics. Lovely colors and clarity on all of them :-) I wish I could get the swallowtails on my firebush! And the Spicebush Swallowtail has gorgeous color!!! Very striking :-)
May I suggest that next time you put all your butterfly pics on the same thread? It makes it easier to access them and be able to show appreciation for all of your pics without having to reply to each individually :-).
-Julie
Tell me how to do that. I am a newbie. I wanted to put them all on the same thread but didn't know exactly how one would go about that. Perhaps just start a thread called "Butterfly Pics" and then post each one as a different follow up to the original title? Seems like you would still have to refer to 6 different messages?? Tell me how it is done, please! ;-)
Ed,
After you post your first entry in a "thread" click on "go to the thread you just posted" then scroll down to the block where you can put a new entry. It will have the browse block to put your next picture.
BTW I love your photo. My butterflies NEVER stop to rest long enough to shoot them.
Molly
:^)))
P.S. You can make the main title anything you want to get attention. "Just Flitting Around" etc. The thread you started is on automatic "Watch" for you until you change the setting on that thread.
This message was edited Jun 27, 2005 9:21 AM
Hey Ed, I did something like that a month or so. I visited the butterfly conservatory at Key West and took a bunch of pictures I posted. Here is the link
http://davesgarden.com/forums/t/509700/
It will give you a good idea of how to do it.
Art
Well, it seems you're already in good hands with Molly and Art :-)
-Julie
It's amazing how HUGE this makes this butterfly look! :)
"Amazing" photo for sure. Sure glad you found this forum, too!
Konkreteblond:
I thought you knew that ALL butterflies in Florida are the size of eagles!! ;-) At least they are in my yard, I love to see them in Macro because you can see things about them that you would never see just looking at them with the naked eye. BUT it means you have to get about 6 inches away from the butterfly to get a decent picture.
Hey now, Texas is supposed to have the bigger butterflies! lol I'm still figuring out how to work my macro. I can usually get some good, clear shots. Sometimes they are even more clear than the regular pics. (?) The thing I don't like about my camera tho is that on the Macro setting, I have to use the screen to see what I'm focusing on instead of the viewfinder. When it's bright outside I have a hard time seeing the screen so I'm just kind of blindly taking pics and hoping they turn out. I've learned to run as quick as possible (without scaring off my visitor) to load the pictures and see if they turned out.
KKB,
I have to say I never have used the screen to take a photo. I have tried to use the macro and couldn't see a darned thing, I would point, shoot, and pray I have it somewhere near the subject. Usually it was a flower that wasn't dodging away from me. I still haven't caught up with those butterflies. They are too fast and never seem to stop and rest.
Thanks for the tip on using the macro!
Molly
:^)))
Look at the manual that came with your camera in order to get the correct distance for making a macro picture. It is undoubtedly different for different cameras. The optimum distance away for making the picture is different with the camera that I have now than it was from the one I had before. If you are inside or outside the optimum range for macro, the picture will be fuzzy. For extremely small objects like a Cassius Blue or a Sulphur chrysallid, it is difficult to get your camera to focus on the object itself. It wants to focus on the ground beyond the object or on a leaf in front of the object. If either of these occur, the subject will be fuzzy but the ground or leaf will be in perfect focus. :( Sometimes you can focus on another object the same distance away as your target and then switch to your target and pull the trigger. But with butterflies there isn't much time for maneuvering around--usually, you just have to pull the trigger and hope for something good. I have trouble with the screen also in bright sunlight. I just try to shift position until I can see my target more clearly in the screen. You might look through the viewfinder to zoom in on the general location and then switch to the screen to make sure you have it composed to your satisfaction.
Ed,
Thanks for taking the time for the mini lesson. It seems to me, since I have heard it before, I need to get that durned manual out and read it in more detail.
I don't think the camera world is ready to invent a camera for the real dummies like myself. I do learn new things every day, but I need to expand on that to include more than just growing plants.
You have inspired me. Thanks you.
Molly
:^)))