Nice one, Frank! That is a female indeed - the white spots on the
wingtips. Getting close to them can be a challenge - they can be
elusive! I have not seen any yet this year, but I haven't gotten out much.
Mark
On 6/17/2013 11:15 PM, knarftheria...@gmail.com wrote:
Feel free to correct me if I have it wrong but I think I have the species (and
gender) right: Males have the irredescent green bodies, females are brown or
black with white spots at the wingtips.
The males are much more spectacular but I only got a good look at two and it
was windy as hell when the male landed near me so I couldn't get a sharp one.
Then I cranked up the ISO to 1600 for a fast shutter speed (I think this was
1/320th) and narrow aperture (f11) for dof. I think I could have gone f16 here
as the tail is not as sharp as I'd like.
And yes, it is noisy.
Still, it's one of the nicer Jewelwings I've gotten:
http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/female-ebony-jewelwing.html?m=1
Not Mark C. quality but we're working on it. Maybe next weekend I'll head over
to Etobicoke Creek again. I know what I have to work on.
;-)
Hope you
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spontaneity." -- Henri Cartier-Bresson
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