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What’s Up?<\/h3>\n

On Wednesday morning I found a ditch a few blocks from home surrounded for two hundred yards on each side by large (as-yet-identified) blooms. I did some flowers, and as the sun came up, several butterfiles began nectaring on the rather plain-looking blossoms. There were several swallowtails species including Black Swallowtail, Tiger Swallowtail, and the object of my desire, the smaller but spectacular Zebra Swallowtail. One of the Tiger Swallowtails was somewhat sedentary, often landing and drinking from the same blossom for a minute or more, but bird’s had pecked its hindwings and damaged them; what’s a swallowtail without it swallowtails? There were two pristine Zebra Swallowtails just out of their chrysalides.<\/p>\n

I tried for almost an hour to create a good Zebra Swallowtail image, traipsing up and down the both sides of the canal in the heat. They would land but only for a second. And when they did, they rarely spread their wings flat. Heck, maybe they never do. Anyway, I give up at about 8:30am and headed home for breakfast. On Thursday morning I did a few flowers and spent a few minutes down by the lake when I created Image #2. <\/p>\n

I will be heading out early today — Friday, 17 JULY 2020. <\/p>\n

I was glad to learn yesterday that John Buswell sold his Canon EOS 7D Mark II within hours of it being listed on the Used Gear Page<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Color or B&W?<\/h3>\n

In the recent Some Respite From the Heat; this would make a nice jigsaw puzzle. On Not Letting the Old Man In … And a Used Like-New Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 400mm f\/2.8E FL ED VR Lens!<\/em> blog post here<\/a>, opinions were divided about 50-50. My very great preference is for the color version because I love being at Bosque early in the season when the cottonwoods are still sporting some yellow fall color. <\/p>\n

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Gear Questions and Advice<\/h3>\n

Too many folks attending BAA IPTs and dozens of photographers whom I see in the field and on BPN<\/a>, are–out of ignorance–using the wrong gear especially when it comes to tripods and more especially, tripod heads… Please know that I am always glad to answer your gear questions via e-mail<\/a>. Those questions might deal with systems, camera bodies, accessories, and\/or lens choices and decisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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This image was created at Gatorland on 28 APR 2019. I used the handheld Sony FE 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 GM OSS lens<\/a> with the Sony FE 1.4x Teleconverter<\/a> (at at 560mm) and the AF King, the Sony Alpha a9 II Mirrorless Digital camera body.<\/a> Exposure determined by Zebras with ISO on the rear dial. ISO 800: 1\/320 sec. at f\/8 in Manual mode. AWB at 8:21am on a mostly cloudy morning. <\/p>\n

Expand Flexible Spot (S) AF-C was active at the moment of exposure. <\/p>\n

Great Egret — head portrait of large chick\n