April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
- Charles Nicol
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
I went to Woodwalton Marsh to see if there were any Grizzled Skippers about yet... none.
As I was about to drive away a male orange tip shot past the car... i ran after it for about 1/4 mile but did not get a picture
Charles
As I was about to drive away a male orange tip shot past the car... i ran after it for about 1/4 mile but did not get a picture
Charles
Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
I thought I would be too late to catch any butterflies this afternoon but after the report from Kipper I thought I would try my luck. In the sunshine at Cissbury Ring there were a dozen peacocks and two Grizzled Skippers.
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
Charles Nicol
Might instead try Foulden Common later in the week. It's about a similar distance for me. TF764000
Jack
I was tempted to try on Monday so thanks for saving me the effort. Maybe at end of week. It is VERY early for these parts.I went to Woodwalton Marsh to see if there were any Grizzled Skippers about yet... none.
Might instead try Foulden Common later in the week. It's about a similar distance for me. TF764000
Jack
Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
Hi All,
An elderly lady I know has just described to me what appears to be a Peacock emerging from its chrysalis. She described a colourful butterfly with large round eyes emerging from a chrysalis. As far as I am aware they only emerge from mid July. Is she mistaken?
Regards cjs.
An elderly lady I know has just described to me what appears to be a Peacock emerging from its chrysalis. She described a colourful butterfly with large round eyes emerging from a chrysalis. As far as I am aware they only emerge from mid July. Is she mistaken?
Regards cjs.
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
Definitely not a Peacock - but not sure what else it might be at this time of year! A Speckled Wood maybe?
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
How about an Emperor moth... They have large eye spots and definitely start hatching very early in April.
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
speckled wood starting to show more now here today, only thing i got a pic of.
gary.
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Thanks Pete, Trev,
Trev I never gave that a thought but I think you must have it. I will show her a pic and see what she says. Thanks for the idea. It was from her back garden and she described it pumping its wings etc.
Regards cjs.
Trev I never gave that a thought but I think you must have it. I will show her a pic and see what she says. Thanks for the idea. It was from her back garden and she described it pumping its wings etc.
Regards cjs.
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
Gary, nice speckled wood. Like the small coppers too. I have not had much free time to be out and when I get 2 weeks free, it rains! well thats how it goes at times. Anyway, next week I am going to a bog if weather permits. Is it a bit early to see small heath? And at this bog there are emperor moths and looking for the best time to go and see if they are about.
Also, does anyone have an idea when my orang tip pupae should hatch? I have it in a net cage now but it appears lifeless and can't really see anything in it, but I never have seen anything in it.
Also, does anyone have an idea when my orang tip pupae should hatch? I have it in a net cage now but it appears lifeless and can't really see anything in it, but I never have seen anything in it.
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
I have (since my FZ50 didn't bounce ) a surplus-to-requirements Panasonic branded close-up lens (cost £55 new) which you could try using with the close-up setting in the FZ50 for better macro work. (And it does have great d-o-f - took me ages to get anywhere as near with my DSLR...)geniculata wrote:hi jack,
the camera used is my prosumer compact panasonic fz50, ..... but has the draw back of not a very close focus macro setting. hope that answers your question mate.
regards gary.
Are you going to the Photographic Workshop this month - I could bring it along...?
N
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
First holly blue seen yesterday on bay tree outside my office in Ryde Isle of Wight.
Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
I caught a male orange tip warming up this morning after a cloud stopped it flying for a moment.
Snapped at Willsbridge Mill, near Bristol.
Sony A700 + 55-200mm zoom + Canon 500D c/u lens.
Snapped at Willsbridge Mill, near Bristol.
Sony A700 + 55-200mm zoom + Canon 500D c/u lens.
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- geniculata
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
hi nick
no i won't be at the photography work shop, but i get around the fz50's inadequate macro facility pretty easily just slipping on a raynox close up lens, with its universal quick release mount i can flick it on and off when needed which gives me great flexability. the speckled wood pic above was taken using it. thanks for the offer anyway.
gary
no i won't be at the photography work shop, but i get around the fz50's inadequate macro facility pretty easily just slipping on a raynox close up lens, with its universal quick release mount i can flick it on and off when needed which gives me great flexability. the speckled wood pic above was taken using it. thanks for the offer anyway.
gary
Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
You can download a freeware programs, eg iexif from comanys like http://www.opanda.com which will let you read all the EXIF data from a photo by right clicking on the imaging. NB if you use the save to web feature in som software programs, this will delete the EXIF data.jackharr wrote:geniculata
You have amazing depth of field in that Peacock picture. Could you give us the camera details and settings (including crop), please?
Jack
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I feel compelled to say that this was NOT my experience - for those looking at this or similar cameras.geniculata wrote:hi nick
... the fz50's inadequate macro facility gary
Setting the camera menu to accept the Panasonic "close-up" lens integrates it into the Leica lens system on the camera and gives truely great shots (for what it is)!
For instance.... or were taken with the FZ50 plus Panasonic close-up lens, set to Macro mode in the camera.
Judge for yourselves...
My 2p...
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1949 Fine spring morning. Large White lands in the garden. Ten-year-old school boy dashes for his net. He needs a spring brood specimen for his (pinned) collection aware that the underside is far less yellow than the ones he caught the summer before. He fails to catch it.
2009 Fine spring morning. Large White lands in the garden. Seventy-year-old senior citizen dashes for his camera. He needs a spring brood specimen for his (photo) collection aware that the underside is far less yellow than the ones he photographed the summer before. He fails again.
Dammit, why do I keep missing? Watch this space in 2049. I might have cracked it by then
Jack
2009 Fine spring morning. Large White lands in the garden. Seventy-year-old senior citizen dashes for his camera. He needs a spring brood specimen for his (photo) collection aware that the underside is far less yellow than the ones he photographed the summer before. He fails again.
Dammit, why do I keep missing? Watch this space in 2049. I might have cracked it by then
Jack
Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
Hi,
Today 8th April Today at Denham Quarry (Colne Valley) Speckled wood 1, Orange tip 1, Peacock 1. Camera Olympus, E510 lens 40-150 mm with 25mm extension tube. Small tripod.
Sezar Hikmet
Today 8th April Today at Denham Quarry (Colne Valley) Speckled wood 1, Orange tip 1, Peacock 1. Camera Olympus, E510 lens 40-150 mm with 25mm extension tube. Small tripod.
Sezar Hikmet
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
hi nick,
i feel compelled to ask the question why you bought the panasonic close up lens, that you now have spare, when you already think the cameras macro settings are adequate.
gary.
i feel compelled to ask the question why you bought the panasonic close up lens, that you now have spare, when you already think the cameras macro settings are adequate.
gary.
Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
The sensor on the FZ50 is larger than most superzoom cameras which means that diffusion effects are less noticeable at F11. This also accounts for the larger than usual physical size of the camera.What is particularly interesting is that the lens will stop down to F/11,
I saw a small tortoiseshell at Velvet Bottom near Charterhouse in Somerset today trying to court a peacock by playing its antennae on the peacock's wings. Every time the peacock took off the ST chased it and tried again. Trying to make peatorts maybe? I'll leave it to others to suggest alternative permutations.
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Re: April 2009 Lepidoptera Sightings
or small peacockshells lol saw a peacock today on my post round