[Leica] IMG: Nature's Peculiarities

[jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)]

Hi Al,

My wife says the butterflies are smart enough to find best access to the 
nectar, which must be  from the bottom.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Crouch" <al.crouch at earthlink.net>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 2:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Nature's Peculiarities


> Nice shots of spider lillies.   I have some that lie invisibly below a
> front-yard flowerbed all year and then seem to spring up and bloom almost
> overnight.  Never have seen any butterflies around them, however.  Do you
> suppose the appearance of the blooms from above might keep the insects 
> from
> lighting on top?
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> To: LUG at Leica-Users.org <lug at leica-users.org>
>> Cc: Olympus Camera Discussion <olympus at thomasclausen.net>
>> Date: 9/28/2009 1:41:34 PM
>> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Nature's Peculiarities
>>
>> I'm sure you are all tired of seeing spider lilies, but I took one more
> image this morning to illustrate something I have observed for the past
> week.  The migrating yellow butterflies always pass over the spideys and a
> few will stop.  When they do, they invariably light on the underside of 
> the
> bloom, making photos very difficult to obtain. For this one, I got out the
> longest lens that I have, an old 200mm Takumar, and waited until I had a
> view of the insect.
>>
>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Spidey+with+Butterfly.jpg.html
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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