Eddie The Bugman
~Inachis io 2013~
Absolutely loads of these European Peacocks about at the moment, I don't know if I've seen so many before. Certainly looks to be a good year for Butterflies and definitely an improvement on last years washout.
I used my 180mm Tamron macro for this on 12mm of extension tubes mounted on my heavy duty Manfrotto tripod. I was surprised how approachable they are when feeding, most were feeding on Ragwort. I really struggled with DOF here and to get the whole Butterfly in focus was tricky, you have to wait for those wings to flatten out and pray it's going to work.
Thought this would make a colourful change from more Common Darters LOL :o)
Watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" tonight, they don't make them like this anymore, a great film, I really should read the book :o)
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~Inachis io 2013~
Absolutely loads of these European Peacocks about at the moment, I don't know if I've seen so many before. Certainly looks to be a good year for Butterflies and definitely an improvement on last years washout.
I used my 180mm Tamron macro for this on 12mm of extension tubes mounted on my heavy duty Manfrotto tripod. I was surprised how approachable they are when feeding, most were feeding on Ragwort. I really struggled with DOF here and to get the whole Butterfly in focus was tricky, you have to wait for those wings to flatten out and pray it's going to work.
Thought this would make a colourful change from more Common Darters LOL :o)
Watching "To Kill A Mockingbird" tonight, they don't make them like this anymore, a great film, I really should read the book :o)
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