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NickCantle
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: September 2006
Location: East Harling, Norfolk
Posts: 8,965
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Fourwings
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: September 2005
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 4,438
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Thanks Nick, We had set ourselves two target species for the weekend, Swallowtail Butterfly and Norfolk Hawker Dragonfly and we got them both, to say I was chuffed would be a very big understatement!!
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Steve..
My website - http://fourwings.zenfolio.com/
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Wild-Woman
Dame Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: February 2006
Location: North Kent
Posts: 9,728
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Stunning! I'm very envious. Well done Steve.
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The female of the species is more deadly than the male.
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John D
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2006
Location: West Lothian
Posts: 2,432
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Superb image Steve, sharp with very nice detail.
John D
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Ollie
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: February 2006
Location: Small North Lincolnshire village
Posts: 9,667
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FungiJohn
Knight of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2006
Location: Sheffield
Posts: 8,940
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Absolutely stunning Steve. No other words for it.
John
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My WAB Gallery.
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Fourwings
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: September 2005
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 4,438
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Thanks very much guys, I had never seen Swallowtails before Friday, they are stunningly large insects, very charismatic, and a joy to photograph.
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Steve..
My website - http://fourwings.zenfolio.com/
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pressld2
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Registered: April 2007
Location: Belvedere, Kent
Posts: 10,030
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What a beauty! And beautifully photographed too!
Dave P.
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(a.k.a. "Horizontal Dave")
"A good man is hard to find, especially if he's hiding. In a field. With combat fatigues and a false beard." - Wilson Dixon
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PMG
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: August 2006
Location: Leigh, Lancashire
Posts: 5,907
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Fourwings
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: September 2005
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 4,438
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Thanks Dave and Pauline, we saw several of these about on the reserve but not at close range. This individual was feeding in the sheltered sunny corner of the field next to Marshside cottage on the walk around the top of the reserve, although I was using the Bigma I was only set at around 130mm for most of these shots, it let me get very close which was superb.
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Steve..
My website - http://fourwings.zenfolio.com/
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Deer Stalker
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: August 2006
Location: Edge of the New Forest, Hampshire
Posts: 5,208
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PMG
Knight Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: August 2006
Location: Leigh, Lancashire
Posts: 5,907
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Well its a cracker andno mistake - hope everyone has tried the bigger view to see all the individual scales!!
Pauline
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My WAB Gallery.
pmgiwildlifeimages.com
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welsh.lensman
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: March 2008
Location: Swansea, S.Wales
Posts: 4,561
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Fourwings
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: September 2005
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 4,438
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Thanks very much, I have to admit to being quite proud of this image.
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Steve..
My website - http://fourwings.zenfolio.com/
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Wild-Man
Wild Member
Registered: March 2008
Posts: 171
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Stunning shot, Steve. Yet to see one of these - Julie's marked it down as one of our targets for the year. The colours are striking - what distance with the Bigma??
Chris.
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Fourwings
Commander of the Wild Empire
Registered: September 2005
Location: Leicestershire
Posts: 4,438
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Thanks Chris, they are well worth visiting Strumpshaw fen for, plus you may well get the bonus of Norfolk Hawker there as well!
I was ridiculously close to this individual, the Bigma was set well below 250mm for all the images I took of it, this one was taken at 166mm so you can guess how close I was, roughly about the same distance as I would have been to get a full-frame image with the Sigma 150 macro.
They are very approachable when they are busy feeding.
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Steve..
My website - http://fourwings.zenfolio.com/
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