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More experiments with close-up mode

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The other day I was out with my camera shooting a video in the glorious sunshine. The result will be a short, two minute video filmed of the flora and fauna on some nearby common land. While filming, I came across this butterfly, sitting on top of some knapweed.

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A butterfly taking a rest on some knapweed. I couldn’t resist stopping filming so I could take this image.

I’d already tried and failed to get several other images of butterflies. They were all very lively and kept flying off whenever I neared them. This particular butterfly, with its bright green wings, stayed in place and was quite happy for me to takes its picture.

Rather like this shot, which I took a couple of weeks ago, I took this in close up mode. Shutter speed was 1/500sec, aperture f5.6, focal length 55mm and ISO 100.

I hope you like the photograph. The video will be called Two Minutes of Nature on a Summer’s Day and I’ll be putting it on my YouTube channel very soon.

I’ve linked this image to the #MySundayPhoto linky hosted by the Photalife blog. Click on the badge below to visit the linky and see what other bloggers have been getting up to with their cameras.

 

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11 thoughts on “More experiments with close-up mode”

  1. Ooh a Brimstone. Lucky you. I’m still trying to tick it off my butterfly list. So difficult because it looks like part of the plant.

  2. What a great capture John. That’s the major disadvantage with only having a smart phone.

    To get close enough normally spooks whatever I’m trying to take a picture of.

    #mysundayphoto

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