Silver-studded Blue in the evening light
A species that in my limited experience tends to perch with its wings slightly raised at the tips, making it difficult to achieve sharp focus across the entirety of the subject whilst also isolating it from the backdrop. The low sun further complicated matters on this occasion, as whenever I got the camera at right angles to the plane of focus, I created a shadow. So this is a compromise of aperture and point of view, but the stunning upper-wing of this species catching the warm evening light makes up for the technical flaws.
Silver-studded Blue in the evening light
A species that in my limited experience tends to perch with its wings slightly raised at the tips, making it difficult to achieve sharp focus across the entirety of the subject whilst also isolating it from the backdrop. The low sun further complicated matters on this occasion, as whenever I got the camera at right angles to the plane of focus, I created a shadow. So this is a compromise of aperture and point of view, but the stunning upper-wing of this species catching the warm evening light makes up for the technical flaws.