My vehicle has been having trouble for a couple weeks, so I decided to try and play mechanic and fix it. So far so good. I decided to run to Heron Haven on my drive around town to make sure everything was working, and thought it was about butterfly season...just maybe there would be some there.
Well, I wasn't as lucky as I thought I would be but I did see my three favorite midwestern flyers. I saw a monarch butterfly, a black swallowtail, and a tiger swallowtail. I was able to catch up to and capture the first two but the latter always was one step ahead of me. He would either be out of the butterfly garden or inside, depending on where I was not. He was sneaky to say the least. I did get another photo to add to my collection of flowers. I have something planned for those, so all was not lost.
Today, I shot butterflies with the Canon 300mm f/4L IS and my 6D. I really like the clean crisp files of the 6D over any other camera I have and from initial reviews, may stick with this for at least one more camera iteration. While the new 6D has all of the focus fixes I was looking for, I just love the images that come from the 6D sensor. Taking photos of butterflies with a Telephoto lens like the 300 can be a challenge. You have to be a little ways back from them, so there has to be a lot of room to move. The bonus is you can be a ways back from them and let them do their thing. I prefer it this way as I don't like to disturb nature when photographing it. Shooting the photos of the flowers held a whole new issue, but I won't go into that.
Enough talk, here are some photos.
As you can see, the swallowtail seem to be a pecking piece for the nearby birds. Poor guy is missing half of his cool wings.
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