Thanks, Charlie. On the spider lilies, they feed from underneath, and
usually in a shadow. Hard to get a clear shot.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2012 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Clouded Sulphur B'fly
> Good catch Jim. We have a lot of those around here also but they are
> hard to catch. Busy fliers. I've never noticed one flying with his
> proboscis hanging out but I guess it makes sense if you are only
> headed for the next flower.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 2:40 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>> The yellow Clouded Sulphur butterflies have been around the spider lilies
>> this week, but they are difficult to approach. I decided to try to grab
>> an image of one in flight. It was not until I processed the image that I
>> realized he was flying with his tongue fully extended. This is about a
>> 10% crop of the 4/3 image.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Clouded+Sulphur+B_fly+in+Flight.jpg.html
>>
>> Olympus E-1 with Leica Elmarit-R 60mm Macro, ISO 200, 1/4000 at f/2.8,
>> RAW
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
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