I recently shot with an actual roll of Kodak Professional Ektar 100 film, and while I loved the results, I discovered that it is an expensive film to shoot and develop. I also wasn't happy with how overblown some pinks in flowers got. That being said, I also do have a digital emulation of this film. I captured this on a Sony A7R through a Canon 75-300mm lens, at F/4. I love using that lens for macro work, but I do plan to eventually replace it. I captured this at JC Raulston Arboretum.
I have many fond childhood memories of capturing Tiger Swallowtails in bug catchers to admire them, then let them go. As a child, I was really big into collecting insects. However, we also tried to let many go before they expired. It was never my goal to kill them, that I remember. But I used to see these yellow creatures fluttering around all the bushes outside our apartment. Nowadays, I rarely see them. I saw a few in one day while out testing a new camera, and got this perfectly timed shot of the butterfly feeding. There's no lens EXIF data, because I shoot through an adapter with Canon lenses.
Dragonflies are fascinating subjects for me. They fly around, flitting from place to place. I want to photograph one in flight, but their erratic flight pattern makes that a challenge. I did capture this one, though, as it sotpped to rest on the very end of a branch. I couldn't help but feel like it was staring me down as I snapped a few photos of it.
