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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Black Swallowtail
From: jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols)
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 21:13:13 -0500
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Hi Douglas,

Thanks for the kind words.  I can relate to your young cat's behavior.  
One of my neighbors has a cat that relocates to my yard when he gets 
tired of romping with the dog in his household.  I have had to scold him 
for going after butterflies.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 7/23/2015 7:47 PM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> Jim, those swallowtails are lovely butterflies. We don't get them here on
> the Emerald Isle - our loss.
> Funnily enough, our new back garden is a completely butterfly free zone
> which is in sharp contrast to our old one in Bray. The fact that we 
> have a
> youngish kitten that is both acrobatic, agile and dedicated to total
> clearance of a kill zone that extends to a ceiling of 1.5 metres may have
> had a deterring effect on the local Lepidopterae
>
> Douglas
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Nichols" 
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> Subject: [Leica] IMG: Black Swallowtail
>
>
>> I found a pair of Black Swallowtails on the Buddleia Bush today. They 
>> were
>> constantly moving, so this was as complete an image as I could get.
>>
>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/Black+Swallowtail+970.tif.html
>>  
>>
>>
>> I went with the Fuji X-E1 today, to get a few more pixels.  Fuji 18-55,
>> ISO 400, 1/280 @ f/4, RAW
>>
>> Comments and critiques welcomed.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>
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In reply to: Message from jhnichols at lighttube.net (Jim Nichols) ([Leica] IMG: Black Swallowtail)
Message from imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry) ([Leica] IMG: Black Swallowtail)