This Holly Blue butterfly was getting old but still active to feed itself.

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Blanco State Park

Blanco, TX

Nikon D7100 - Sigma APO Macro 180mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM, Single shot. Natural light. Netherlands.

When they left little was left.

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Thymelicus sylvestris

Explored - thank you.

"So I, in the idea of your arms, unwon,

Am as the real in unreal undone."

~J.V. Cunningham

minolta af 135/2.8+raynox-150

Червонец огненный (лат. Lycaena virgaureae)

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9. Easy Rider - Poland

Nikon Coolpix 510p + Raynox 250mm...

Cat: Close Up

© 2013/14 Zbyszek Walkiewicz

“Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.” - Ansel Adams...

209...

大白斑蝶

Comme tu as de gros yeux mon petit! c'est pour voir grand ! :-)))

OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA

She was a little torn up....I think that's why she posed for quite some time.

5. Icarus - Poland

Nikon Coolpix 510p + Raynox 250mm...

Cat: Close-up ...

© 2015 Zbigniew Walkiewicz... [ 108 ]

“Sometimes I arrive just when God's ready to have somone click the shutter.” - Ansel Adams...

Tamron 180/3.5 + Sony A65 + tripod + natural light, focus stacking

I spent a little time with the insect life during my stay in Mozambique

First Shot with my Zeiss 50mm 2.0 Macro

The Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issoria lathonia)

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Quick macro grab

Inachis io

Die ersten Schmetterlinge, die ich dieses Jahr gesehen habe. Ich finde, sie werden hier in Berlin von Jahr zu Jahr weniger.

Strymon melinus

Inachis io L.

Speckled wood butterfly. Managed to attract it onto a flower with some drops of honey/sugar syrup. A little hand stacking

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Only seconds after birth

*Explore*

Little gray butterfly's solitude; hold your breath so she won't fly away.

Nikon D80 with Nikkor 18-200 VR

fauna farfalle animali animali toscana macro

L'azuré commun (Polyommatus icarus)

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" ... I come here every day, say hello to the butterflies, and talk about things with them. When the time comes, though, they just quietly go off and disappear. I'm sure it means they've died, but I can never find their bodies. They don't leave any trace behind. It's like they've been absorbed by the air. They're dainty little creatures that hardly exist at all: they come out of nowhere, search quietly for a few, limited things, and disappear into nothingness again, perhaps to some other world.”

― Haruki Murakami, 1Q84

Kamera Canon EOS 5D Mark III

Belichtung 0,006 sec (1/160)

Blende f/9.0

Brennweite 180 mm

ISO-Empfindlichkeit 640

because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Breshnev :-) Robin Williams. HBM!!

Brown Clipper, butterfly house, Brookgreen gardens, Wheaton , Maryland

Shot By Nico

is now called Death 'n' Things :-) Elmore Leonard.

HBM!!

butterfly garden, brookgreen gardens, wheaton, maryland

Olympus digital camera

This is a massive butterfly that I had seen in my garden before but it didn't stay long enough for me to take a good photo. This time I took my time getting as close as possible. I discovered that if you don't move for long enough the butterfly forgets that you’re there and it starts to relax, take its time and enjoy itself.

Thanks to *christine** I can tell you that this butterfly is a Yellow Admiral.

Camera: Pentax K-x

Lens: smc PENTAX-DA 55-300mm F4-5.8 ED

Shutter speed: 1/320

Aperture: f7

ISO: 1600