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White Admiral
Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:55 pm
by wildscenes
Taken in France using a 300mm lens
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:08 am
by Wayne
Fantastic shot, 300mm with extension tubes?
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:44 am
by wildscenes
sorry for the delayed reply, not been back here for a while.
No extension tubes. This was taken using the Nikon 300mm f/4 AF-S lens which focusses down to 5ft without any tubes! Combine this with the 1.5x factor of the Nikon chip and you get a 450mm lens at 5ft - awesome for butterflies, moths and flowers! I've just swapped this lens for the Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR AF-S but I think this only goes down to about 7ft min focus. May need a tube but the files from the D2x are big enough to allow some cropping to make up for the 2ft difference between the lenses.
John
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 11:22 am
by Pete Eeles
A minor-ish point but, given the title of the post, I think this is a Southern White Admiral (Limenitis reducta) rather than a White Admiral (Limenitis camilla ).
See
http://www.leps.it/SpeciesPages/LimenReduc.htm
Excellent photo nonetheless!
Cheers,
- Pete
Posted: Fri Jan 26, 2007 9:49 pm
by Cotswold Cockney
Wayne wrote:Fantastic shot, 300mm with extension tubes?
Particularly if hand held. Depth of field particularly impressive.
You now have a Nikon 300mm f/2.8 VR AF-S ~ that's pro-spec stuff. Nice.