Flight of a Swallowtail

No magic or tricks, caught this Giant Swallowtail inflight! Lucky!

Model: NIKON D850
Lens (mm): 420
ISO: 800
Aperture: 6.3
Shutter: 1/6400

[gloria jones]

Wow...Super capture

[Margaret Brown]

Wonderful. Fav

[Beryl Lloyd]

Such a beauty ! fav

[Peter Dulis]

lovely

[Lynda McG]

Wonderful- fav

[Yoland]

Fantastic capture,
love that you have put all your setting info on your shot., Thanks.

[Joanne Diochon]

Well, luck does help but skill too I’d say and also the tenacity to be out there and looking for that opportunity to catch.

[tony gig]

Outstanding.

[Larry Steager]

Well done.

[Steve Chappell]

wow, great closeup

[william wooderson]

You're a star swallowtail capturer! Fav.

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Kathy]

I like the way the wings are folded in front. Not the ususual "pose" and I can't say I've ever been aware of a butterfly in this position, although I'm sure each time one flaps its wings it is in this position.

[Bep]

Wonderful. Fav.

[Carole Sandford]

Love this!

[Cheryl]

Fantastic capture, fave

[Mags]

Great timing! Excellent shot!

[Islandgirl]

Wonderful detail and dof!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Awesome!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful capure.

[narayani]

Amazing!

[Paul]

Super shot!

[Kathy A]

Amazing!

[Allison Maltese]

You have to crank your shutter speed way up to get such marvelous stop action. Great shot!

[GaryW]

Stunning shot! Amazing timing. fav

[Chris Cook]

Wow! That’s amazing! fav

[Bill]

Great shot. Really well done.

[Diane]

Super shot!

[Rick]

Awesome capture. thanks for the exif data. I had looked at several of your shots to see the info, but it doesn't show up when you go to the site.

[Milanie]

Wow! Wow!

[Terri]

Gorgeous!

[eDorre]

Amazing! Such a neat pic!

[Ingrid]

Wow! That is amazing! FAV!

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful.

[Diana]

Beautifully captured.

[leggzy]

Amazing capture

[haskar]

Wow! Fav

[Wylie]

That's special. well done. fav

[Harry J Benson]

Excellent capture

[Dione Giorgio]

OMG it is so very hard to catch them in flight and you got this amazing shot of this one. Fav.

[Lou Ann]

Fantastic capture!

[carol white]

Beautifully captured, great details.Fav😊

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Very lucky indeed. I know how difficult it is to capture one in flight! Well captured

[Aleksander Rzyman]

A beautifula catch. Thank you for sharing the settings, they're so welcome - I've often shot butterflies and such like at the same focal length, but never with a simiarly short exposure.

[Faye Turner]

Great capture

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Nina Ganci]

wow! That is outstanding! wow
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how many more times can I fav

[Poppo Livy]

Maybe a bit of skill mixed in with the luck

[Leli]

Well done. Beautiful capture.

[Shutterbug]

Beautiful details for catching inflight. Awesome. Congrats on the TT.

[Vesna]

Excellent photo.

[Vesna]

This photo is the first on Top 20 Chart. Congratulations!