Orange-tip butterfly (Male) Anthocharis cardamines
Common Blue (Male) Polyommatus icarus
Cinnabar Tyria jacobaeae
Black-tailed Skimmer Orthetrum cancellatum
Variable Damselfly Coenagrion pulchellum
Azure Damselfly Coenagrion puellaJust a few photo`s of some of the insects seen on a wlk around King`s Dyke NR near Whittlesey. Some others that I saw, but was not able to photograph were Wall Brown butterfly, Small White butterfly, a very worn Peacock butterfly, Brown Argus butterfly, Red-eyed Damselfly, Hairy Dragonfly, Scarce Chaser Dragonfly and Four-spotted Chaser Dragonfly.
All photo`s were taken with my hand-held Lumix FS15.
Well you got to see a Wall Brown John, I have never seen any in this area.
ReplyDeleteDear John,
ReplyDeleteyou saw a lot of butterflies! I have seen all of the ones you pictured in the photographs in the last years, but in this year not so many. Well, we are late with flowers too.
You know that the Moomin-Family foretells the quality of a summer by the first butterfly they see in the year? A golden one promises a bright sunny summer, a plain white one: ok, a blue one: rainy..., and a coloured one: mixed weather in patches
Just proves that you don't need a lot of expensive gear to grab good images of the smaller subjects. Nice work John.
ReplyDeleteVery nice. Both butterflies and Dragonflies are very difficult to capture unless they CHOOSE to cooperate and pose for you. Interesting that your shots are all species I've never seen on this side of the pond.
ReplyDeleteA good variety there John. Nice black tailed skimmer - not seen that one before.
ReplyDeleteHi Roy,
ReplyDeleteYes, I think I was in the right place at the right time! There was only one of them and it took flight very easily and disappeared! Hopefully I will see more!
J
Hi Britta,
ReplyDeleteYes, there were a few, not as many as I would have liked though! It is still a bit early in the season for some of the butterfly breeds here in Britain with a lot emerging in June, so hopefully there will be more species to photograph!
My first butterfly this year was a Small Tortoiseshell which is multi-coloured, so it looks like I will get a mixed bag of weather!
J
Hi Frank,
ReplyDeleteThankyou for those kind words about my humble efforts! I don`t think you or any other DSLR users have much to fear though! ;)
J
Hi Sally,
ReplyDeleteThankyou. Yes, you have to be pretty lucky when it come to getting shots of these. I normally find that just as I get them in focus they fly off, leaving an excellent photo of a leaf!
J
Hi Rob,
ReplyDeleteYes King`s Dyke NR is a good place for variety, especially dragonflies. The Black-tailed Skimmer is found on the Isle of Wight, so I am sure you will see one soon! ;) This one is a female or immature, the male is blue rather than yellow.
J
John ... far from humble. I have a few recent (yet unposted) shots of flutters etc. taken with a Powershot S95 that are far better than my DSLR efforts. When I can get close enough the macro on the compact is far better than using the 70-300!
ReplyDeleteThanks Frank,
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing isn`t it, how good macro can be on these little pocket cameras! I still wouldn`t mind getting my hands on a DSLR though! Maybe one day!
J