Showing posts with label Butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Butterfly. Show all posts
Wednesday, 20 October 2010
Wednesday, 13 October 2010
Sunday, 12 September 2010
Speckled Wood Butterfly
I don't know if it just that I am more aware of them now, or if they are making a comeback - but a couple of years ago I hadn't even heard of speckled wood butterflies. Now I see them quite often.
This is one I found whilst exploring Sheepwalk Lake in Shepperton - one of my nearest Surrey Wildlife Trust reserves. It was a bit quiet on Friday. Lots of tufted ducks, a couple of grebes and cormorants, thousands of water striders and judging by the bites I picked a fair smattering of mosquitoes too!
Also this weekend gave the Wildlife Photography Blog site a bit of a face lift!
This is one I found whilst exploring Sheepwalk Lake in Shepperton - one of my nearest Surrey Wildlife Trust reserves. It was a bit quiet on Friday. Lots of tufted ducks, a couple of grebes and cormorants, thousands of water striders and judging by the bites I picked a fair smattering of mosquitoes too!
Also this weekend gave the Wildlife Photography Blog site a bit of a face lift!
Wednesday, 4 August 2010
Saturday, 31 July 2010
Gateway Butterfly
I'm always very pleased when I come away from a 'non-photography day' with a decent photo or two. Yesterday saw me "hunting bears" in the woods with my two-year-old godson (with me fill the roles of both hunter and bear). On our return, we found a patch of bracken which was alive with butterflies - including a couple I've never seen before.
The gateway butterflies rarely settled, and startled easily - but after a bit of patient stalking we managed to get a few shots.
The gateway butterflies rarely settled, and startled easily - but after a bit of patient stalking we managed to get a few shots.
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Saturday, 19 September 2009
An abundance of butterflies
So maybe we've not had the best of summers, but it does seem to have been a good one for butterflies. On my recent trip to the Lake District I saw rather more butterflies than birds, which was a bit of a problem because I left my best butterfly lens at home! Taking photos of butterflies with a 400mm lens is definately possible, but it does make getting the right angles more interesting.
It was nice to see tortoisehell's again. It seems a long while since I last encountered one.
And the speckled wood was a new one for me - but there were a lot of them along the banks of Lake Conniston.
It was nice to see tortoisehell's again. It seems a long while since I last encountered one.
And the speckled wood was a new one for me - but there were a lot of them along the banks of Lake Conniston.
Saturday, 13 June 2009
Painted Lady
The other week I took my 70-200mm lens out for a change. I really should do it more often. Changing lenses forces you to view the world in a different way. Rather than going after small birds I needed more amenable targets. One thing I really appreciate with this lens is being able to get much closer to your subject. I particularly liked this picture of a painted lady butterfly. I love the way the light shines through its wings. And if you're thinking the sky looks dark - that's because its actually the Thames!
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