Swallowtail with 50-500 Sigma

zoomer

First one of these I have ever seen. Lucky enough to get a couple decent shot of it at about 400mm.

saurora

Fantastic!!! Love the background, too! If this is the first Swallowtail you've seen, then you must not live in California!!!

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saurora wrote:

Fantastic!!! Love the background, too! If this is the first Swallowtail you've seen, then you must not live in California!!!

Hi Saurora,
Thanks for commenting, appreciate your comment.
I live up in Boise Idaho. Not your prime butterfly country I am afraid.

Lord Vetinari

Beautiful capture
Brian V.

Skippy

Beautiful Butterfly

zoomer wrote:

First one of these I have ever seen. Lucky enough to get a couple decent shot of it at about 400mm.

Those Swallow Tails are so pretty....... why don't pretty coloured butterflies visit my place what's the deal??

Nicely captured too considering you used a giant of a lens to get it
Skippy (Australia)

GraphyFotoz

Skippy wrote:

Those Swallow Tails are so pretty....... why don't pretty coloured butterflies visit my place what's the deal??

Nicely captured too considering you used a giant of a lens to get it
Skippy (Australia)

What it only weighs 5lbs!
Great if a Bear attacks....you can hit him over the head with it.

Awais Yaqub

Weldone great capture

BigAl

Great shot, very sharp! Did you handhold this?

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BigAl wrote:

Great shot, very sharp! Did you handhold this?

Hi BigAl,
Thanks for taking a look. Nope used a tripod.
I never handhold the Bigma unless I am using the car blind.
It is sharpest at F8 so the shutter speeds are not usually that fast.

pete w

Great Shot

zoomer wrote:

First one of these I have ever seen. Lucky enough to get a couple decent shot of it at about 400mm.

Did you have to crop the shot?

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pete w wrote:

Did you have to crop the shot?

Yes I cropped it a little bit. Mainly for placement in the frame.