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First speckled wood butterfly of the year arrived in the garden today so I thought I'd start getting it used to the camera. These butterflies are territorial and tend to hang around the same area for weeks.
Peacock butterfly. This is the 4th of these we've found in our dining room since the beginning of August.
Haven't spotted this beautiful butterfly in the garden before.
Think it's a bath White or female orange tip. Taken with flash
I really like the photo's greenish mood despite the contrast is low. The colour of the butterfly and the background blends in well just like a piece of water colour painting. Taken at Summerfield, Worc's.
The speckled wood butterflies have taken up residence in the garden and seem to be getting used to me already :)
Red admiral butterfly resting. Strong natural light. See www.flickr.com/photos/lordv/20296839403/ for a 3D version
This and swallowtail 2 are just cropped versions of previous images from my photostream, byt I thought they looked good like this.
~木柵動物園, 台北~
Taipei Zoo, Taipei, Taiwan
- ISO 1600, F3.2, 1/2000 sec
- Canon 550D with EOS 100 mm f/2.8 macro lens
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Papilio_demoleus
Reckon it just came out of a cocoon as the wings looks like its still trying to stretch out.