Regards,
Bill
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"When in doubt - venture out"
I'm lost for words Pauline...Rake Bottom...Pauline wrote: I have been hoping for 3 years now to see Green Hairstreaks mating so yesterday I visited Rake Bottom with that in mind.
There are several ways of achieving this. The 'classical' method is to use something call the Scheimflug principle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheimpflug_principle), which requires the lens and film to be tilted relative to the plane of the subject:Pauline wrote:I would very much like to know if it is at all possible with my camera to get more than one butterfly at a time in focus, especially when they are not in the same 'plane' or when one is considerably behind the other and the depth of field which I can achieve is limited.
I think thats an occupational hazard with our chosen pastime. There's many a time when I've endured a sore bum to get that one shot......I could probably phrase that betterPauline wrote:Yesterday at that site, after accidentally sitting down in a patch of nettles to get a GH shot, I then fell into a rabbit burrow, landing in a patch of brambles - and not for the first time!So, covered in nettle stings,ripped and torn by brambles, and still picking off ticks from the previous day, I decided to try an 'easier' site and check out Chalton Down today. A lovely site and gorgeous weather but marred by biting flies
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Ouch that sounds nasty Pauline! I expect "like me" you forgot to take a first aid kit with you.Pauline wrote:
Yesterday at that site, after accidentally sitting down in a patch of nettles to get a GH shot, I then fell into a rabbit burrow, landing in a patch of brambles - and not for the first time!So, covered in nettle stings,ripped and torn by brambles, and still picking off ticks from the previous day, I decided to try an 'easier' site and check out Chalton Down today. A lovely site and gorgeous weather but marred by biting flies
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