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I was in the little village of Faucigny in the Haut Savoie French countryside near Geneva which put on a little pagent yesterday inviting the public to come see their heritage Chateau.

Unfortunately there were only a couple of walls left and the guides were urging us to use our imagination a lot to visualise that might have been there. You gotta give them full marks for trying.

And so my attention wandered a bit and I spotted these butterflies flying around next to the remains of the Chateau so I went to investigate and got some pics of an Old World or Common Swallowtail Butterfly and the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly.

Both were a first for me and I shot them with my 70-200 2.8 handheld.

1 First to set the scene, here is a pic of the walls of the Chateau taken from the road below. Not so much but still a few standing
2 The villagers did dress up in some appropriate gear all right. This guy was taking a bit of a rest so I asked him if he was not hot under the sun in the metal helmet. So he said no, there is a wollen hat under it to keep out the heat from the sun but he had been out the night before and had had a few drinks too many and was finding it tough going.

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Jul 06, 2009 at 08:59 PM

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3 and 4 of the Old World or Common Swallowtail Butterfly

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Jul 06, 2009 at 09:00 PM

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p.1 #3 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

5 and 6 of the Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly

C&C welcome.

Thanks for looking.

Martin

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Jul 06, 2009 at 09:01 PM

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p.1 #4 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Martin,

he looks like a Frenchmen taking his "job" seriously....

Would not like to mess with his weapon that's for sure.

Do you know that somewhere in France they're actually building a replica of a Medieval castle following plans of old using methods of the time & building materials of the time. Sounds like a pretty neat project which will probably finish in about 50 + years.

# 3 & 4 are my favorites.

Lil

Jul 06, 2009 at 09:28 PM

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p.1 #5 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Excellent shots.
Joe

Jul 06, 2009 at 09:44 PM

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p.1 #6 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Very disappointing, Martin, as I was expecting to see some Swiss Zebras and would like to see you dressed up in that outfit.

Tony

Jul 06, 2009 at 09:47 PM

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Lil Judd wrote:
Martin,

he looks like a Frenchmen taking his "job" seriously....

Would not like to mess with his weapon that's for sure.

# 3 & 4 are my favorites.

Lil

Hi Lil,
Actually I persuaded him to let me try out his weapon

I thought I might be able to use it as a monopod but it was a tad on the heavy side

Would not like to be on the receiving side of a blow from that thing.
As to the French replica project, I had not heard about it but am sure your time schedule for completionis a bit on the short side

Thanks for you comments and picks Lil.
Martin

Jul 06, 2009 at 09:53 PM

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p.1 #8 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

jg5150 wrote:
Excellent shots.
Joe

Thanks Joe for stopping by and for your nice comments.
Martin

Jul 06, 2009 at 09:54 PM

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Imagemaster wrote:
Very disappointing, Martin, as I was expecting to see some Swiss Zebras and would like to see you dressed up in that outfit.

Tony

Not exactly the gear for a bid of birding Tony.
But next time I am out there I will see if they let me try on the outfit, just for you

Martin

Jul 06, 2009 at 09:58 PM

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p.1 #10 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Of course he was out drinking the night before Martin and he probably lost the bet and that is why he ended up in that outfit

Though if he were man enough to swing that weapon that would certainly leave a mark or two

Now, onto the softer side of things..............the butterflies are marvelous and beautiful! A great informative story and some great shots buddy

Karl

Jul 06, 2009 at 10:13 PM

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p.1 #11 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Great captures, I like #3 the most

Jul 06, 2009 at 11:16 PM

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p.1 #12 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Besides the Tinman I love #3!!

Mike

Jul 07, 2009 at 04:23 AM

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p.1 #13 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Very nice shots!

marty

Jul 07, 2009 at 04:27 AM

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p.1 #14 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Sorry Martin, I thought I caught this post earlier.

Oh I do love the hangover in armor look!! LMFAO, that is too funny. So glad you posted that. I do like the Euro feel you give to some posts Martin. Such as "I was in the little village of Faucigny in the Haut Savoie French countryside near Geneva which put on a little pagent". That we don't have here in the USA, such is part of the charm/fascination those of us in the US have for Europe. You really have to love the internet

Oh yeah you did post some flutterybies. Sweet work on them buddy

Tim (sorry for rambling)

Jul 07, 2009 at 04:44 AM

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p.1 #15 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Always a pleasure to view your post Martin.

I like the BF's

Jul 07, 2009 at 06:44 AM

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p.1 #16 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Interesting Martin

IS image 2 Chad at a Rainbow Parade?

Jul 07, 2009 at 07:43 AM

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p.1 #17 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

#3 is very nice. like that one the most

Jul 07, 2009 at 08:18 AM

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p.1 #18 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Nice shooting Martin, he does look a little on the rough side. All very good shots of the flutterby from different angles, Ilike #3 best also.

Dave

Jul 07, 2009 at 08:53 AM

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p.1 #19 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Nice captures Martin. I like the #3 best.

Cheers,

Jude

Jul 07, 2009 at 10:26 AM

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p.1 #20 · Zebras and Old World Swallowtails

Nice captures Martin ... those are some interesting butterflies!

Thanks for sharing,
tom

Jul 07, 2009 at 01:01 PM

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