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July 24, 2016 By John Adams 11 Comments

More experiments with close-up mode

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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  1. Tara says

    July 24, 2016 at 5:06 am

    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.

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    • John Adams says

      August 1, 2016 at 4:25 am

      Wow, you know your butterflies! Afraid such knowledge is a bit beyond me. I am impressed.

      Reply
  2. Nige Higgins says

    July 24, 2016 at 5:47 am

    What a brilliant capture great shot John #mysundayphoto

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  3. Sarah MumofThree World says

    July 24, 2016 at 6:40 am

    What a great photo! It’s so difficult to get close enough to butterflies to photograph them. This one blends very nicely into the background – it almost looks like a leaf!

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  4. Catherine's Cultural Wednesdays says

    July 24, 2016 at 7:29 am

    She looks just like a leaf!
    #mysundayphoto

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  5. Photalife says

    July 24, 2016 at 2:02 pm

    Ooo I love this, the purple really lifts the photo and draws you into the butterfly

    Thank you for linking up

    Reply
  6. Coombe Mill - Fiona says

    July 24, 2016 at 7:44 pm

    Great photo John, nature makes the best pictures and you have it nailed here.

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  7. Merlinda Little ( @pixiedusk) says

    July 25, 2016 at 8:32 am

    Thats like an awesome butterfly!!!! Will show this to my son as its wings looks like leaves!

    This is an amzing capture. #mysundayphoto

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  8. Alan Herbert says

    July 25, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    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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  9. Sara | mumturnedmom says

    July 30, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    Wonderful shot John, and what a pretty butterfly, very well camouflaged!

    Reply
    • John Adams says

      August 1, 2016 at 4:11 am

      Thanks Sara, it hid itself well. I just wish there wasn’t quite so much shadow across its wings.

      Reply

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