Charles Wesley
07-21-2010, 02:05 PM
I'm working on several photo projects this summer. This one is to photograph the life cycle of a Monarch ( Danaus plexippus ) butterfly. This is a chrysalis. It is 7/8" in length. Got lucky after three attempts to get a catepillar to attach to my corn plant. Ken's advise was most welcome.
The catepillar was around 2" before begining the process. My two host plants are swamp milkweed and butterfly weed. The cacoon is pale jade- green in color as seen in my natural window lighting set up. Want to use live view for my next photos since my viewfinder was darken from stopping down so far. Hope to be home to photograph the emerging Monarch in about two weeks.
Canon EOS 5D Mk ll, Canon 25 mm. ET, Canon 1.4 TC, Sigma 180 mm. f/ 3.5 APO HSM DG macro lens and my Bogen tripod. My exposure was 10 secs. @ f/20.0 ISO 1000.
Canon DPP
Topaz Denoise 4.0
PS/ CS 4
Nik Efex Color Pro 3.0
FocalBlade
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Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com (http://naturesphotographs.com/)
The catepillar was around 2" before begining the process. My two host plants are swamp milkweed and butterfly weed. The cacoon is pale jade- green in color as seen in my natural window lighting set up. Want to use live view for my next photos since my viewfinder was darken from stopping down so far. Hope to be home to photograph the emerging Monarch in about two weeks.
Canon EOS 5D Mk ll, Canon 25 mm. ET, Canon 1.4 TC, Sigma 180 mm. f/ 3.5 APO HSM DG macro lens and my Bogen tripod. My exposure was 10 secs. @ f/20.0 ISO 1000.
Canon DPP
Topaz Denoise 4.0
PS/ CS 4
Nik Efex Color Pro 3.0
FocalBlade
__________________________
Charlie Wesley
St. Augustine Beach, FL
http://naturesphotographs.com (http://naturesphotographs.com/)