Other Insects II

Bumblebee

Blooming flowers are an excellent place at which to capture images of nectar loving insects.

Silver-spotted Skipper

I am using a little different lens setup lately.  I am using my Sigma 105mm, f/2.8 macro.  I mount it on a Sigma 2x Converter.  It is not fast enough to auto focus but much easier to manual focus because of the brighter view finder image.  The OS, optical stabilization, is a help also.  I set it on os1.

Northern Broken Dash

Oh, another advantage of the above setup is that I can shoot at ISO 100, making noise less of an issue.  In this shot, the aperture of f/11 made the background dark.  the shutter and aperture combination came in at 1.5 stops below ambient light.  The shutter was set at 1/250th which also helped make the background dark.

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Other Insects

Deleware Skipper

I am seeing nearly no large butterflies this year.  The little ones, however; are a different story.  They seem numerous.  Look at the length of this butterfly's proboscis.  The flower is milkweed.

Bumblebee

The bumblebees like the nectar of the milkweed flower, also.

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Lahm Airport Day

Lockheed C-130H Hercules

The 2013 Airport Day had an upbeat feel to it, I think, because the C-130s have returned.  Lucas and Loudon joined me at the pancake breakfast and to inspect the aircraft.

North American T-6G Texan

We saw this beautifully restored WW II trainer.  You may not touch but you may look to your heart's delight and we did.

Lucas and Loudon

I think they look more like the Hulk.  We waited in line for those paintings and were afraid the lady would quit before we got there.

Airport Day is a great activity which includes kids.  Lucas and Loudon just kept playing in the the bouncer rooms.  I sat on the picnic tables watching their shoes and them.  We all enjoyed it immensely.

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North American F-100F

North American F-100F Super Sabre

This particular aircraft flew in Southeast Asia.  

The F-100 entered service in 1954.  It was supersonic with a maximum speed of 875 miles per hour.  It came just after the Korean War.  It was the first USAF fighter capable of Mach 1 speeds in level flight.  It was a large step forward in speed from the F-86 Sabre, also built by North American, which served in the Korean war, and whose maximum speed was 675 miles per hour.

The F-100 became the first Wild Weasel aircraft during the War in Southeast Asia.  It flew in support of the F-105s on bombing missions.  It was much slower than the F-105s and held them back.  Eventually it was replaced by the F-105 Wild Weasel variant.

Republic F-105G Thunderchief

The F-105 made a better Wild Weasel because it did not hold back the F-105 bombers.

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Spring Azure

Spring Azure

This may be the most numerous kind of butterfly I have seen this year.  It is white underneath and blue on top.  I have been waiting for a shot of the top but they are difficult to find with the wings open.  I will let you know if I get a shot like that.

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Common Whitetale Female

Common Whitetail Female

Often, the female looks much different from the male.  This is a good example.

Common Whitetail Immature Male

Common Whitetail Male

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Wandering Glider

Wandering Glider

These are small, 1 1/4", dragonflies.  They come back to the same perch.  They land in cluttered backgrounds.  They seem numerous at the vernal pool South of the covered bridge.  They blend in and I don't notice them unless they fly. 

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