Grey Hairstreak

[Don Lacy]

In case some of you were wondering if I only took images of dragonflies I provide you this Grey Hairstreak found and photographed at the visitor center for Big Cyprus. I made this image the other day and while I love the Everglades and Big Cyprus they are not for the faint of heart in the summer months with the heat and humidity.

40D, 300 f/4 + 1.4TC + 25mm Ext Tube, 1/200 at f/7.1, Manual Mode, Evaluative Metered, Flash (manual mode -1/128),ISO 800, RAW, Tripod, cloned out the top of a flower head and leaf in the LRC

[Julie Kenward]

Don, great color, clarity and exposure - just wish the little guy was turned towards us instead of away from us. Still, I like this one despite the angle - maybe because you did get such great detail and still caught the majority of his eye in the image.