photoartflightSwallowtail Caterpillars At Davidsons Mill Pond Park
During our photo walk at Davidsons Mill Pond Park I noticed a few Swallowtail Caterpillars in the Milkweed Fields. Both images are 3 image focus stacks taken taken @ f/8, for a smoother background. When I am shooting Focus stacks with a m43 camera & the lens @140mm, I tend to use an aperture of f/8. This way I get a little more depth of field and a somewhat smoother background. I only have to shoot 3 images for the stack on a subject that is also moving. So my main subject in the image lines up better in the 3 stacked images. If I used more images because it is slowly moving the main subject would not line up with the backgrounds.
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A real beuty, even as a caterpillar.
Thanks Hans! It is a colorful caterpillar!
They are such pretty caterpillars, love your shots, Reed!
Thanks Donna! But I said it was a Monarch, but it was brought to my attention it was a Swallowtail!😊
Either way, still beautiful! 😊
Wonderful captures, Reed, but oops, they are swallowtails, not monarchs (which are striped with no dots and have those cute crooked antennae). 😉 The tip off was the host plant, an umbell flower in the parsley/carrot family, not a milkweed.
I particularly like the meadowy background in the second shot!
Thanks Eliza! I will edit the post!😊
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Both are nice shots, Reed. But I agree with Eliza. Even if not a monarch, they are beauties of caterpillars too.
Thanks Steve! I guess I just assumed they were Monarchs,
I really like the POV! Great shots, Reed!
Thanks so much Belinda! It is fun to see what you can find interesting during a walk!
Exactly 😊.