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Lee Duer {K:210}
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N/A
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Camera Model |
Nikon D70
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Macro
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WIldlife
WIldlife
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Lens |
Nikon 105mm f2.8D
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| Uploaded |
9/24/2006 |
Film / Memory Type |
Sandisk 1GB
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79 |
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1/500
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0
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Aperture |
f/6.8 |
| Critiques |
2 |
Rating |
Pending
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| Location |
City - Waldorf
State - MARYLAND
Country - United States
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| About |
I don't know what this is except that it's really really fast and hardly sits still. Anybody know?
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Random Pictures By:
Lee
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There are 2 Comments in 1 Pages
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Dave Stacey
{K:137808} 9/25/2006
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It may be a Chryxus Arctic, Lee, but I'm not expert! In any case you got a very nice clear shot of it!
Dave.
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Lee Duer
{K:210} 9/25/2006
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Thanks Dave. I've since learned that this insect is a "Common Wood Nymph Butterfly - Cercyonis pegala". I've also seen photos of it on the web where the light spot on the wing is yellow. My photo shows it a beige color and that's what I saw so the photo is correct. I'm wondering if they, like many birds, have a time in their lives where "breeding plumage" is apparent. The American goldfinch, as an example, is bright yellow from May through July and turns a drab variation the rest of the year. They do not migrate in my area but most people don't realize that and mistake the goldfinch for a sparrow species not realizing the birds are the same and simply a color change has occurred.
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