I notice several there that aren't smiling. You need some more work on
the coordination of group portraits. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 12/23/2010 10:54 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> Monarchs, Monarchs, someone say Monarchs? I'll call your one Monarch
> and raise you a thousand.
>
> http://tinyurl.com/28mc2er
>
> From trip to one winter home of the Monarchs in Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
> OM4T Tam 35-105, Kod 160VC.
>
> We rode on horseback 10 miles, hiked a mile or two and they gave us 15
> minutes tops.
> Ironically it is easier to get a nice portrait in the backyard in the
> right light when a few are around vs thousands all over the place.
> Have learned from Dean that oblique light will bring out the texture of
> the wings.
> I am not sure why the FB poster wanted Santa to bring him a shorter FL
> macro lens
> if chasing critters is one major object. Notice Moose used quite a
> long FL which provides
> better working distance and background control and had very nice shots.
>
> Mucho Monarch Mike
>
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