Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
Posted:
Jun 20, 2022 - 9:01pm
fractalv wrote:
Say hello to Veronica. She is a butterfly. Her family is very large and commonly seen in the Malibu area. She is a Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona). If you look closely you can see she sports a red mohawk hairstyle, a distinctive trait of her family. When she was young she was a spiky black caterpillar with red spots.
Is that a moth?
You need to do some splainin'.
Do you know these guys name?
Not their personal name.
Say hello to Veronica. She is a butterfly. Her family is very large and commonly seen in the Malibu area. She is a Variable Checkerspot (Euphydryas chalcedona). If you look closely you can see she sports a red mohawk hairstyle, a distinctive trait of her family. When she was young she was a spiky black caterpillar with red spots.
Location: Really deep in the heart of South California Gender:
Posted:
Jun 17, 2022 - 4:28pm
fractalv wrote:
Thanks guys! When it comes to chasing butterflies (and that's pretty much what it is I have to do to get these photos), lighting is all luck, heck, getting a butterfly in the shot is sometimes luck!
Is that a moth?
You need to do some splainin'.
Do you know these guys name?
Not their personal name.
Thanks guys! When it comes to chasing butterflies (and that's pretty much what it is I have to do to get these photos), lighting is all luck, heck, getting a butterfly in the shot is sometimes luck!
Thanks! I have a circular polarizing filter that stays on the lens but seems to me to only play a role when light is reflected on the water. I only adjusted the ISO and f-stop but because it was already twilight and in the shade, I didn't have to do much to get the 1 second exposure time.
I didn't notice it at all when taking the shot but when I was editing (very rudimentary, mostly crop, a little noise reduction and sharpening when needed, and desaturation in this case) I noticed a figure standing in the water, or at least I imagine it.
I can see that - like someone striking a "vogue" pose.
Very nice - cool focal range. Do you use any neutral-density filters or polarizers for long exposures like that or just adjust the ISO and F-stop/aperture?
Thanks! I have a circular polarizing filter that stays on the lens but seems to me to only play a role when light is reflected on the water. I only adjusted the ISO and f-stop but because it was already twilight and in the shade, I didn't have to do much to get the 1 second exposure time.
I didn't notice it at all when taking the shot but when I was editing (very rudimentary, mostly crop, a little noise reduction and sharpening when needed, and desaturation in this case) I noticed a figure standing in the water, or at least I imagine it.
Seen along the Foothills Trail, Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham, Alabama
Very nice - cool focal range. Do you use any neutral-density filters or polarizers for long exposures like that or just adjust the ISO and F-stop/aperture?
