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From: Paul Furman on 15 Jun 2010 13:51
D.J. wrote:
>
> While wandering around in my meadows I first thought this had to be a
> "Pterourus eurymedon" (Pale Tiger Swallowtail), but they only exist west of
> the Rocky Mountains and the wing patterns in this one don't match that
> species. "Eurytides marcellus" (the b&w Zebra Swallowtail) crossed my mind
> but the wing shape and patterns don't match that in the least. It has to be
> a "Pterourus glaucus" (Eastern Tiger Swallowtail), an almost-white variant.
> A rare sight indeed.
>
> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4062/4700026009_13416d0620_b.jpg
> http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4005/4700766442_3d3a1d8761_b.jpg
>
> In flight but I clipped a bit of wingtip.
> http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1288/4700263255_dcdf131ca0_b.jpg

Dead links.


> Nice that it lit upon the white wildflowers for hue comparison.
>
> Camera optics at 735mm EFL in tele-macro mode, shot handheld. A +2 diopter
> close-up filter stacked behind a 1.7x telextender for adequate
> subject-distance relief. An good method for capturing the more skittish and
> flighty species, which Swallowtails often are. Boosted the contrast a bit
> in editing due to hazy lighting which blew out some white on the
> wildflowers but that's not what is important so it doesn't matter to me.

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