On 5/26/2018 7:24 PM, Mike Gordon via olympus wrote:
They are uncommon and hard to spot--often high up in red cedars. I had never
seen one. Went out special today on a quest with a new kit and was fortunate
enough to come across one and at eye level no less. She was
perhaps 1/2 inch across max. Only one shot was good enough to use:
https://www.olyendomike.com/Macro-2017/i-xgmr5h6/A
Hey! Nice Catch!
Perhaps not the ideal flutterby shot, but amazing for such a small, hard to
find one. I'd be darn happy - party time!
I think the CU diopter resulted in the IS not working as well as usual.
I've not noticed that. It does change the EFL, which means IBIS is working with false data, but it's always worked well
for me.
If raised the ISO to inc SS the flash/ambient was off. T32 is OK on my other
kit but not optimal at high mag with PL 100-400 at 400mm with the Pentax
T132--distant background fools the auto mode and over exposes.
Can't you lie to the T32 about ASA? With the XA, I used to set ASA to 400 and
use 200 speed film, to tame auto flash.
Desire to get every part the B'fly in focus--likely need to stack for quiet
one--I know it is possible.
I'm trying to recall if I've ever managed that; not right off the top of my
head. Lots of dragonfly stacks, though.
Some Flutterbys just never sit still. I have sat more than once, watching the ones that breed on Dutchman’s Pipe and
never seen one stop for more than a second.
I suppose the old trick of catch, cool, shoot and release may be the way.
May have to listen to Moose and use an LED with higher SS
The only solution if you want fill lit stacks.
Hairy Streak Moose
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