{"id":3489,"date":"2013-02-04T06:05:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T11:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2013-02-04T06:05:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T11:05:10","slug":"common-buckeye-merritt-island-nwr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=3489","title":{"rendered":"Common Buckeye: Merritt Island NWR"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I was really hoping to bring home some dragonfly pics from this last trip to Florida. When I was in South Texas in November, there were dragonflies everywhere. I was not seriously looking at dragonflies last January when I was in Florida so I did not know what to expect. I hoped though. I kept my eye out at Merritt Island NWR, and I even got out of the car and walked a section of the dyke roads at Viera Wetlands. I did see a few (maybe 3) dragonflies in flight at a distance, but nothing I could either identify or photograph. \"Sad The Butterflies, however, were very present. They were mostly Florida Whites, by the thousands, but I found a few Skippers, a Peacock, a Gulf Fritillary, and this well worn Common Buckeye as well. (All of the butterflies were well worn\u2026summer butterflies lingering into winter, or migrants from the north.) <\/p>\n

Canon SX50HS at 1800mm equivalent field of view (full optical zoom plus 1.5x Digital Tel-converter). f6.5 @ 1\/1000th @ ISO 320. Program with iContrast and Auto Shadow Fill. Minus 1\/3 EV exposure compensation. Processed in Lightroom for intensity, clarity, and sharpness. <\/p>\n

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