Just the Right Size, Pt. 2 - _TNY_9929
So me and the family were visiting some friends in Älta, east of Stockholm, Sweden and were having a picnic next to the small Sandasjön lake.
I naturally brought my camera, but only the MP-E65mm lens since it wasn't a "real" photo trip.
I often get asked how I manage to get so close to the bugs without them getting away and there are basically two answers. One is that I am pretty good at sneaking up on them, but the other one is that you never see all the ones that get away.
For everyone which stays put and even strike different poses in front of me and become good photos, there are countless ones which take off too soon.
Whenever I find one who behaves like this small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) and actually turned itself in front of me to allow multiple angles, I think that "hey, this is easy - I can do this many times" - and then the next twenty ones don't want to play ball at all.
Either way, since I only had the MP-E on the camera and it can't focus at less than 1:1 magnification, most butterflies are too large to fit in frame - but this small copper, also known as the common copper and American copper, was petite enough to just fit in frame. This is actually at 1.2:1, but part 1 is at 1:1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52255977984/
Just the Right Size, Pt. 2 - _TNY_9929
So me and the family were visiting some friends in Älta, east of Stockholm, Sweden and were having a picnic next to the small Sandasjön lake.
I naturally brought my camera, but only the MP-E65mm lens since it wasn't a "real" photo trip.
I often get asked how I manage to get so close to the bugs without them getting away and there are basically two answers. One is that I am pretty good at sneaking up on them, but the other one is that you never see all the ones that get away.
For everyone which stays put and even strike different poses in front of me and become good photos, there are countless ones which take off too soon.
Whenever I find one who behaves like this small copper (Lycaena phlaeas) and actually turned itself in front of me to allow multiple angles, I think that "hey, this is easy - I can do this many times" - and then the next twenty ones don't want to play ball at all.
Either way, since I only had the MP-E on the camera and it can't focus at less than 1:1 magnification, most butterflies are too large to fit in frame - but this small copper, also known as the common copper and American copper, was petite enough to just fit in frame. This is actually at 1.2:1, but part 1 is at 1:1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52255977984/