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Buckeye

by David Gottlieb

Gallery: Macro & Close-upPosted September 30, 20051,742 views8 comments
Common but pretty
Canon10D/1-400+36mm EXT

Comments

8 comments
Comment posted by Bill Garber on September 30, 2005 at 8:01 AM
Very Nice!
:toast:
Registered on November 17, 2003, 704 Posts, 3535 Comments
Comment posted by Jerry Dalrymple on September 30, 2005 at 8:09 AM
Great color David. How far north to these guy go? I don't think I've ever seen one in the wild.

Jerry Dalrymple
Loveland, Ohio
Registered on October 3, 2004, 56 Posts, 415 Comments
Comment posted by Randy Harrison on September 30, 2005 at 8:23 AM
Beautiful color in this one David. They may be common but they are hard to shoot. They usually hold their wings at a slight angle making it difficult to get them in focus from tip to tip. They also spook easily and fly to the ground.
Well done.
Registered on November 1, 2003, 468 Posts, 3099 Comments
Comment posted by Terri Norris on October 2, 2005 at 12:30 PM
Fantastic shot...amazing depth in this image. Congrats!
Registered on November 1, 2003, 395 Posts, 2402 Comments
Comment posted by Tim Munsey on October 2, 2005 at 2:39 PM
Is this real? Astonishing looking butterfly, looks like a scout thats accumulated badges.
Amazing

:toast:

Tim
Registered on November 14, 2003, 109 Posts, 222 Comments
Comment posted by David Chauvin on October 2, 2005 at 4:21 PM
Great color and detail. I have seen lots of these this fall but have yet to get anything beyond a record shot. As Randy said, they love to go to ground or dense cover. Nice capture.
Registered on August 5, 2004, 1007 Posts, 5595 Comments
Comment posted by Dan Hester on October 3, 2005 at 8:03 AM
"Common but pretty"

but also hard to photograph, like everyone else mentions. You get within 20 ft of these guy and they tend to be off to the next county somewhere.

Good job.
Registered on November 25, 2003, 13 Posts, 6 Comments
Comment posted by John&Patty Benway on January 4, 2007 at 5:35 PM
Very pretty.
Registered on May 12, 2006, 626 Posts, 8700 Comments