It sounds like a great amenity, that wildlife management area, Dean. Yes, some
of those shots do look a little dreamy (:-)), but it’s a very pleasant way to
pass the time.
We are out on our first caravan break, having just picked up a large one a week
ago; the caravan site is on a small nature reserve by a river and there were
many "dragonflies” around. The book tells us that they were banded
demoiselles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_demoiselle
I took a few photos, but with a small XQ2 for which macro seems not to mean
very macro; I’ll put them up when we get home on Sunday.
Chris
> On 8 Jul 16, at 13:12, Dean Hansen <hanse112@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I've been out to a state wildlife management area three times in the past
> week, looking for species of butterflies that utilize wetland sedges for
> larval host plants. Yesterday was a good day--lotsa sedge-obligates were
> nectaring on common milkweed on the roadsides. See: <
> https://wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterfly/sightings
> <https://wisconsinbutterflies.org/butterfly/sightings>> for July 7. Gear is
> a Sony NEX-7 with a Sony 55-210 lens and 26 mm of extension. Trips were to
> see the butterflies; photography was secondary, and I have to say that I'm
> not comfortable with the NEX-7 at all. Poor focus on the hickory
> hairstreak is an example. Next time out I'll try the OM4T, Tammy 60-300 on
> the 65-116 OM auto extension tube, T-32 flash, and 1-11 or 1-12 focusing
> screen. That's a proven combination for me.
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