Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

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salden
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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail

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I was out in my birdblind taking images of hummingbirds when this swallowtail landed on the Hyacinth Bean Vine in front of the blind. I took the image, but this was taken with my 100-400mm set at 350mm.
Sue Alden

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Post by Ken Ramos »

THAT is one beautiful shot Sue :smt023 Sharp from wing tip to wing tip and great DOF. I am thinking that it is a female? Anyway there are tons of them in the mountains here of late and when I return from one of my hikes I have to pull wings out of my cars radiator afterwards :lol: Beautiful! :D

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Post by salden »

Thanks Ken. Yep, when you shoot at a distance and use a zoom lense, DOF is not the problem, and they do not scare off. This BF just landed in a good location for where I was sitting and the focus distance was there, so I grabbed it.
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Post by beetleman »

Beautiful in all its` spread out posture.
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Post by tpe »

What a tiger that is, the lens length really makes it for me, flattening it just the right amount. Lovely Picture.

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