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BIF - Bugs In Flight


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Had thought about this for a while - tried with some success a week ago. Wife away for a seminar, just me & the critters, so tried a few times. Most were successful, at least to a degree. No flash, just excellent local light D 7200 with AF Nikkor 75-300 Micro. All shot single. A bit of anticipation and reaction speed. Feel free to post examples - pretty sure some of you have better!

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Not exactly "in flight", in fact this Monarch has yet to take his first flight. He emerged from his cocoon an hour early and was stretching and drying his wings prior to his first flight. You can see another Monarch cocoon in the background. You can tell he's male from the black spots on his wings. I cleared an area for butterfly friendly flowers two years ago and raise hordes of Monarch's each year since then. One Swamp Milkweed plant had 11 caterpillars recently.

 

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I spent a half hour, or so, sitting on my front porch watching dragon flies feed on mosquitoes that were attempting to feed on me before getting up and going for my camera. This is about the best I got before being called for supper. I used a D800E and AF-S 85mm shooting overhead. The black dot is a mosquito.1728532851_Dragonflyandprey8867640.jpg.344ba5a353e90b67063d47a13d780aec.jpg
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