Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Nothing says Spring Time any better than..........


Lilacs and Butterflies!

I cannot take credit for having expended a great deal of effort hunting the very illusive rare Yellow Swallowtail and finally in the nick of time capturing an image that will be remembered for all time :)

Actually I was doing some chores around the house when I noticed the butterfly visiting the lilac bush beside our driveway. I popped in the house and grabbed my Canon with the 100-400 L lens still attached from my morning shoot and pressed it into close-up duty.

This lens is capable of focusing at 1.8 meters while zoomed to 400mm. The posted image has not been cropped. I can see that with this level of performance I will be using this lens extensively for butterfly hunting once the little critters become more numerous.

7 comments:

Chad Oneil Myers said...

Nice one.

Looking at that eagle one again...I think it would look cool in B&W too.

This Is My Blog - fishing guy said...

Salty: Great capture, you don't see butterflies around like you did when we were kids.

Kerri Farley said...

Oh, a Wonderful shot Salty! I have been on several butterfly "hunts" this year...but they seem to flit off when I get close.

Tom said...

Hi Salty..
Great that even doing the chores you notice things.. We don't have this kind of butterfly over here more the pity.. it is a beauty. I also like the Lilac...

Michele said...

Beautiful. Anything purple in nature and I'm on top of it! I think it's stunning!

Meggie said...

Your lilacs are a little farther along than mine. Great shot of the butterfly, Salty. How lucky to have the camera and lens all ready to shoot.

Wolf Lover Girl said...

very nice!

~ Wolf Lover Girl