Monday, July 13, 2020

Tiger swallowtail

TIGER SWALLOWTAIL, EVANSTON, ILLINOIS, JULY 12, 2020

Pentax K-3
Pentax-F* 300mm f4.5 with Pentax 1.4x extender (420mm)
1/400 sec. f8
ISO 400

Normally I'd be equipped with a 90mm macro lens to shoot butterflies, but the 300 and extender were on the camera when this butterfly came along in the Three Crowns Park garden, and the rule is to make use of what you have. The blossom seems to be either an allium or an eastern waterleaf.


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