Red Admiral Butterfly, Lighthouse State Park, Cape May NJ

I have not been out this morning to see if the front pushed any other birds in, but yesterday was certainly another Yellow-rumped Warbler day at Cape May. There were also lots of Red Admirals…mostly well worn specimens…probably migrants. They were, mostly, moving fast and fluttering high. For some reason this Admiral sat nicely for me, in good light. This collage shows both front and back-side views. The front side view is a tele-macro at 1440mm equivalent field of view, but the back side view is a true macro at 95mm equivalent. I was within a few inches of the butterfly. 🙂 In my experience, you don’t get to do that often in the field.

Nikon P610. Front side: 1/250th @ ISO 125 @ f6.5. Back side: 1/1000th @ ISO 100 @ f4.8. Processed in Lightroom and assembled in Coolage.