{"id":2865,"date":"2012-05-14T06:42:11","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=2865"},"modified":"2012-05-14T06:42:12","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T10:42:12","slug":"5142012-black-swallowtail-the-beanery-cape-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2865","title":{"rendered":"5\/14\/2012: Black Swallowtail, the Beanery, Cape May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/NJ-Spring-2012\/i-vRJbFNB\/2\/L\/IMG3352-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Let us continue yesterday\u2019s theme (of beautiful butterflies) one day more. I found this stunning Black Swallowtail while birding the Beanery in Cape May. On the way in it eluded me, flitting from clover to clover ever deeper into the field of tall grass where I was not following for fear of the voracious Cape May ticks. But on the way out, it lit just far enough from the mowed path so that I could reach it with my Canon at the long end of the zoom plus 2x digital tel-extender. Nice!<\/p>\n<p>The Black Swallowtail is not an uncommon butterfly, occurring over most of North America, but this is only maybe the second I have seen, and my first photographs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/weiw.lightshedder.com\/Landscape-Wildlife\/NJ-Spring-2012\/i-zTgsj2c\/2\/L\/IMG3347-L.jpg?resize=700%2C525\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Canon SX40HS. Program with iContrast and \u20131\/3EV exposure compensation.&#160; Both at 1344mm equivalent field of view (using the 2x digital tel-extender). 1) f5.8 @ 1\/500th @ ISO 200. 2) f5.8 @ 1\/200th @ ISO 125. <\/p>\n<p>Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness. <\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-2865\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2865&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-2865\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2865&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=2865&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let us continue yesterday\u2019s theme (of beautiful butterflies) one day more. 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