Grey Hairstreak on Orange Milkweed

jeffashman · Jul 25, 2023

1 A little overbright I think.

jul25202301 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

2 What lurks in the shadows below?

jul25202302 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

3 I see a muppet face...

jul25202303 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

4 Enjoying the weather

jul25202305 by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

Jeff15 · Jul 25, 2023

Some very good shots... :encouragement:

jeffashman · Jul 25, 2023

Jeff15 said:
Some very good shots...

Thank you!

terri · Jul 25, 2023

These are great! Maybe a little bright on #s 1 and 2, but can still see detail in the wings. I've never seen one of these guys - beautiful!

#3 cracked me up!

wobe · Jul 25, 2023

Beautiful detailed shots of quite an ‘ethereal’ subject - love the white body, quite unusual to me.

jeffashman · Jul 25, 2023

terri said:
These are great! Maybe a little bright on #s 1 and 2, but can still see detail in the wings. I've never seen one of these guys - beautiful!

#3 cracked me up!

Thank you! Yes, I think I need to redo them and tone down the exposure some more. Not sure what LR was doing, but it jumped up the exposure on both shots, and I brought it back down, but not enough. We usually find these guys out in the fields.

wobe said:
Beautiful detailed shots of quite an ‘ethereal’ subject - love the white body, quite unusual to me.

Thanks! They are pretty little things. Very small.

CherylL · Jul 26, 2023

Great set! I see the muppet face too

For the bright yellow and orange flowers I usually adjust the color luminance in ACR

jeffashman · Jul 26, 2023

A rework of the first one. A little more muted.

jul25202301b by Jeff Ashman, on Flickr

MitchP · Jul 27, 2023

Nice shots!

mikbone · Jul 27, 2023

Great captures !

jeffashman · Jul 27, 2023

MitchP said:
Nice shots!

Thanks!

mikbone said:
Great captures !

Thanks!

terri · Jul 27, 2023

Great job!

jeffashman · Jul 27, 2023

terri said:
Great job!

Thank you!

bulldurham · Jul 28, 2023

Liking the reworked image. My Milkweed hasn't bloomed yet - a bit worrisome but given the storms we've had, not overly surprising, either. Like everyone else, those are the best butterfly attractors.

jeffashman · Jul 28, 2023

bulldurham said:
Liking the reworked image. My Milkweed hasn't bloomed yet - a bit worrisome but given the storms we've had, not overly surprising, either. Like everyone else, those are the best butterfly attractors.

Thank you! Mine have more of a magnet for sweat bees... there are ton of them on the flowers right now.