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Painted Lady! (and the nature of grace)<\/h4>\n

Happy Sunday.<\/p>\n

When this is posted, I will be somewhere in the air between Portland Maine and Philadelphia, on the first leg of a day-long (14 hour) trip to California. At least I don\u2019t have to go by wagon train. <\/p>\n

And, of course, the Painted Lady is a long distance traveler too. This butterfly, if I understand it correctly, came up from Mexico this spring. They used to come through Rehoboth, New Mexico (where I lived for many years, many years ago) in waves. You could stand in a field and watch them pass, 150 or more in a line across the field and lines hitting every few moments for most of a day. And that was just our soccer field. <\/p>\n

I was out digiscoping, still learning my new camera, when this Lady lit on the blossoms. I still had the the camera at \u20132EV exposure compensation from attempting to photograph a Snowy Egret and it metered correctly for the sunlit butterfly and blooms, but threw the shadowed background completely black. I could not have achieved this effect if I were trying. It looks like a studio shot. Sometimes you just get blessed beyond your deserts\u2026which is why photography always keeps me aware of grace. <\/p>\n

And, what more could you ask for on a Sunday?<\/p>\n

Canon SD4000IS Digital Elph behind the eyepiece of a ZEISS DiaScope 65FL. F5 @ 1\/1000th @ ISO 250. Programmed auto. \u20132EV.<\/p>\n

Some Recovery in Lightroom. Blackpoint just right. Added Clarity and Vibrance. Sharpen narrow edges preset. Cropped for composition.<\/p>\n

From DiaScope 65FL<\/a>. View it as large as you like on Wide Eyed In Wonder by clicking the image. <\/p>\n

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