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.
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.
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.
Wow, you know your butterflies! Afraid such knowledge is a bit beyond me. I am impressed.
What a brilliant capture great shot John #mysundayphoto
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!
She looks just like a leaf!
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Ooo I love this, the purple really lifts the photo and draws you into the butterfly
Thank you for linking up
Great photo John, nature makes the best pictures and you have it nailed here.
Thats like an awesome butterfly!!!! Will show this to my son as its wings looks like leaves!
This is an amzing capture. #mysundayphoto
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.
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Wonderful shot John, and what a pretty butterfly, very well camouflaged!
Thanks Sara, it hid itself well. I just wish there wasn’t quite so much shadow across its wings.