Cabbage White on a Hosta Leaf
I spent a good twenty minutes with this pretty butterfly this past August. It was resting on the large leaves of a Hosta plant, allowing me to fire off many handheld shots.
I really should invest in a quality flash set up for my macro captures, but I have only used natural light for the past 12 years and have developed good techniques along the way. It does make it quite challenging since the lower light levels require low shutter speeds, causing many blurred images.
Still, among the many images I capture for each subject, I usually am rewarded with a few that turn out focused and sharp :)
Cabbage Whites eat the leaves of cabbage family of plants in their caterpillar stage, hence their name. They can decimate crops so are considered a pest in the agriculture context.
They only five days to three weeks in their butterfly form, and their color turns from pale white to soft yellow as they age. So it looks like the individual above is close to the end of its life.
Cabbage White on a Hosta Leaf
I spent a good twenty minutes with this pretty butterfly this past August. It was resting on the large leaves of a Hosta plant, allowing me to fire off many handheld shots.
I really should invest in a quality flash set up for my macro captures, but I have only used natural light for the past 12 years and have developed good techniques along the way. It does make it quite challenging since the lower light levels require low shutter speeds, causing many blurred images.
Still, among the many images I capture for each subject, I usually am rewarded with a few that turn out focused and sharp :)
Cabbage Whites eat the leaves of cabbage family of plants in their caterpillar stage, hence their name. They can decimate crops so are considered a pest in the agriculture context.
They only five days to three weeks in their butterfly form, and their color turns from pale white to soft yellow as they age. So it looks like the individual above is close to the end of its life.