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Small Skipper (European Skipper)
I am pretty sure ID on this one is correct, at least if one lives in the UK. Here in N. America it may have a different name.
Resting upon a clover bloom gives a sense of the small size of this little butterfly.
I was lucky that it stayed put for about a minute, so that I was able to take a few shots getting closer and closer. Not using a tripod was tough to get a sharp image, and out of the images I took this was the best. For shots in the field I am still on the fence as to whether a tripod is useful or not. With so many butterflies being fleeting and not staying in one place very long, rarely do you have time to set up a tripod, and changing angles or viewpoint is cumbersome, usually moving other bordering plants and scaring them off.
Although my macro lens has no stabilization like the L lens, to be honest I can't see IS being all that useful in a situation like this as it may steady a person side to side or up and down, but does nothing for even a millimeter of movement back and forth which will change the point of focus.
Small Skipper (European Skipper)
I am pretty sure ID on this one is correct, at least if one lives in the UK. Here in N. America it may have a different name.
Resting upon a clover bloom gives a sense of the small size of this little butterfly.
I was lucky that it stayed put for about a minute, so that I was able to take a few shots getting closer and closer. Not using a tripod was tough to get a sharp image, and out of the images I took this was the best. For shots in the field I am still on the fence as to whether a tripod is useful or not. With so many butterflies being fleeting and not staying in one place very long, rarely do you have time to set up a tripod, and changing angles or viewpoint is cumbersome, usually moving other bordering plants and scaring them off.
Although my macro lens has no stabilization like the L lens, to be honest I can't see IS being all that useful in a situation like this as it may steady a person side to side or up and down, but does nothing for even a millimeter of movement back and forth which will change the point of focus.