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22-APR-2005

04/22/05

I took time off from planting to take this photo. I came in the
house for a few minutes and when I went back I saw this guy crawling
across the butterfly garden. I took several photos of him and watched
him for about half an hour....he was fast and covered a lot of territory.
I went back to planting....went to check on him and he had disappeared.
I looked and looked and never found him. I was hoping to watch him make
a chrysalis....sorry, sadly I lost him.
Anyway, more photos here: http://www.pbase.com/petesie/black_swallowtail_larva_4_22_05
An American Painted Lady, up close and personal below.





UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL

Nikon Coolpix 4500
1/125s f/4.8 at 15.3mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Carmen03-May-2005 14:15
Great shot! I'm sure he'll return to be photographed, hopefully in a glorious, altered state.
Robin Reid25-Apr-2005 02:32
No wonder you are "bug conscious." FAbulous shot ... Tack on! Voting
René Gysi23-Apr-2005 07:15
Superb macro. Beautiful photo.
laine8223-Apr-2005 06:57
Has my vote...it's fantastic.
tomsview23-Apr-2005 03:28
Gorgeous! Great DOF, nice colors.
Breland23-Apr-2005 03:24
Great close up Petesie. Sorry you lost him; it would have made a great series of photos from start to finish of him making a chrysalis.
Karen Leaf23-Apr-2005 03:15
Who knew they had such claws! Outstanding Petesie.
Gayle P. Clement23-Apr-2005 02:52
Very beautiful close-up, Petesie.
snootydog23-Apr-2005 01:32
you are just so good with these, Petesie. I am still hoping to find my first one but so far no such luck.
Bryan Murahashi23-Apr-2005 01:30
Great shot.
Pepe Zyman23-Apr-2005 01:16
Excellent macro work! VOTE
Guest 23-Apr-2005 01:13
Love the angle.
Attack of the killer....
Nice shot.
don nieman23-Apr-2005 00:36
This is amazing detail. Very beautiful and interesting.
Coleen Perilloux Landry23-Apr-2005 00:31
Wow! You really have a steady hand. You can almost see the cells on this caterpillar.
littleheifer23-Apr-2005 00:27
Awesome macro. The color and details are so beautiful.
Nancy
jude23-Apr-2005 00:02
Excellent detail and focus on this macro.. he's almost cute but i see little pokey things at the end of his .. er.. feet. They scare me. :D..
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