The Other - _TNY_1636
I got to talking to a young couple at the coocon rack at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden, and we marvelled at the beautiful butterflies hanging beneath thier chrysalises after emerging while waiting for their wings to harden.
All three of us liked this and another just like it which I told them were two male leopard lacewings (Cethosia cyane) since I had shot such there previously.
A little later, the young man came to fetch me as one of those two had flown a bit and landed on a leaf, quite high up.
In order to get a decent shot, I had to extend both sections of the tripod's legs as well as raising the center column to the maximum height. Since it still wasn't quite tall enough, I ended up putting the tripod feet closer together which made it less stable, but I gained some extra centimeters and this is the end result.
After looking at the photo at home, I have realised that my original ID was slightly off though. This is in fact a male red lacewing (Cethosia biblis) - compare it to it's cousin here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52636306632/
Obviously I wanted to get closer, but looking at the end result, I must say that this turned out quite nice anyway and that the pattern on these is something special!
The Other - _TNY_1636
I got to talking to a young couple at the coocon rack at the Haga Ocean butterfly house in Solna, Sweden, and we marvelled at the beautiful butterflies hanging beneath thier chrysalises after emerging while waiting for their wings to harden.
All three of us liked this and another just like it which I told them were two male leopard lacewings (Cethosia cyane) since I had shot such there previously.
A little later, the young man came to fetch me as one of those two had flown a bit and landed on a leaf, quite high up.
In order to get a decent shot, I had to extend both sections of the tripod's legs as well as raising the center column to the maximum height. Since it still wasn't quite tall enough, I ended up putting the tripod feet closer together which made it less stable, but I gained some extra centimeters and this is the end result.
After looking at the photo at home, I have realised that my original ID was slightly off though. This is in fact a male red lacewing (Cethosia biblis) - compare it to it's cousin here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52636306632/
Obviously I wanted to get closer, but looking at the end result, I must say that this turned out quite nice anyway and that the pattern on these is something special!