Trying to Hitch a Ride - _TNY_5329
Leaving the Paradiset nature reserve after a nice day out with my son, I noticed I had a passenger on the outside of the windshield.
After stopping the car, I got out with my camera and found the most accomodating little model in form of this heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia) which posed nicely for me even though I had the MP-E65mm on the camera (ie a very close working distance) and didn't fly off so I even got a short focus stack of it. This is a single exposure though and taken at 1.8:1 magnification.
I must say the glass of the windshield made for a different background here.
These guys are kind of interesting in how much the time it spends as a caterpillar can vary. In some cases, the can manage more than one generation during a summer while in others the caterpillar can hibernate through one or even several winters before pupating into the imago form.
Trying to Hitch a Ride - _TNY_5329
Leaving the Paradiset nature reserve after a nice day out with my son, I noticed I had a passenger on the outside of the windshield.
After stopping the car, I got out with my camera and found the most accomodating little model in form of this heath fritillary (Melitaea athalia) which posed nicely for me even though I had the MP-E65mm on the camera (ie a very close working distance) and didn't fly off so I even got a short focus stack of it. This is a single exposure though and taken at 1.8:1 magnification.
I must say the glass of the windshield made for a different background here.
These guys are kind of interesting in how much the time it spends as a caterpillar can vary. In some cases, the can manage more than one generation during a summer while in others the caterpillar can hibernate through one or even several winters before pupating into the imago form.