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19-SEP-2017 Hank Vander Velde

20170920 2127 SERIES - Monarch and Painted Lady.jpg

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Two images in this series "The Eyes Have It"


Top Image: The eyes of a Monarch are for me most difficult to capture. This is probably the best detail I've ever got. Monarchs are difficult to get too close to; hence, this was shot at close range with my 200 - 500mm lens and D800 camera.


The eyes of a Painted Lady have greater colour contrast and are much more pronouinced and detailed than those of the Monarch. Painted Ladies are also more approachable, hence this was shot at very close range with my 105mm lens and D7200 camera.

Nikon D800 ,AF-S NIKKOR 200-500 mm ED
1/1000s f/8.0 at 500.0mm iso720 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
barbarajoy20-Oct-2017 03:01
Outstanding!!
Torben Jorgensen12-Oct-2017 08:08
That's two beautiful shots. We don't have the Monarch butterfly over here.
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal12-Oct-2017 06:14
Twee prachtige foto's Hank deze lens is veelzijdig,
Yi Feng12-Oct-2017 01:27
Gorgeous captures Hank!
Tom Murray11-Oct-2017 23:44
Nice comparison shots, Hank. The Monarchs and Painted Ladies are still migrating south. I saw 2 Monarchs and one Painted Lady migrating this afternoon.
waterfalls man11-Oct-2017 23:22
Beautiful V!!
Stephanie11-Oct-2017 20:48
Stunning capture Hank! Eyes are always difficult to capture!
Pierre11-Oct-2017 19:48
Effectivement, il est beaucoup plus difficile à saisir les détails des yeux d'un monarque que ceux d'une belle dame. Une très belle présentation Hank!
Colin Storey11-Oct-2017 19:16
Two fantastic sharp images Hank.
Marco Valk11-Oct-2017 16:39
Sweet!!!
joseantonio11-Oct-2017 16:27
both are so amazing.Very nice captures.
Hennie & Lies Lammers11-Oct-2017 16:26
Two beautiful sharp images Hank
Graeme11-Oct-2017 14:47
Exceptional work, Hank,BV!!
Shmuel Halevi11-Oct-2017 13:26
Excellent sharpness Hank.
Jim Coffman11-Oct-2017 12:51
Two very fine captures, Hank!!
hayl11-Oct-2017 12:43
Such different shapes and colours of the eyes. Great photos of both butterflies.
Pierre Martin11-Oct-2017 12:16
both are excellent shot, great work Hank!
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