Butterflies at RHS Wisley (Image heavy)
David
Nice; how long did it take for your lenses to acclimatise to the humidity? I went a couple of years ago and couldn't take a decent image for probably 15mins or more!
Andy
Zero minutes!
I 'cheated' by putting a hot wheat bag in my camera bag for about an hour before I went so everything was already warm when I arrived. I got the idea from a local photographer a couple of years ago and it works a treat. Without it, it would take 15-20 minutes depending on how cold it was outside.
Re. the Indian Leaf, their wings are a beautiful blue and orange when open but I couldn't get a decent shot this time. Hopefully I'll get lucky next time I go.
Phil
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Nice; how long did it take for your lenses to acclimatise to the humidity? I went a couple of years ago and couldn't take a decent image for probably 15mins or more!
Andy
Zero minutes!
I 'cheated' by putting a hot wheat bag in my camera bag for about an hour before I went so everything was already warm when I arrived. I got the idea from a local photographer a couple of years ago and it works a treat. Without it, it would take 15-20 minutes depending on how cold it was outside.
Phil
Ah - thanks for that!!
That Indian leaf really does look like a leaf.
Fantastic
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They were taken with my K-5iis and either a Tamron 70-200 or Pentax FA 50 F1.4 and all with a little bit of bounced flash - all handheld.
1 - Autumn Leaf - 50mm
2 - Blue Banded Morpho - 50mm
3 - Great Mormon (male) - 130mm
4 - Great Orange Tip - 200mm
5 - Indian Leaf - 200mm
6 - Tree Nymph- 50 mm
Phil
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