Butterfly; except for a crop nd a frame no tweaking,

[JBW]

This may be the best focusing I have yet achieved. And i really like the ants.

[Wavelength]

Very Nice

[JBW]

Very Nice

thanks, living and learning... and still lucking out

[deetheturk]

Hi Brian,this is a much better image that i feel could have been even better if you had moved to the left and we would have had a good look at the face? Just my thoughts though,keep clicking!

[Geoff F]

Hi Brian,this is a much better image that i feel could have been even better if you had moved to the left and we would have had a good look at the face? Just my thoughts though,keep clicking!

Yes, I take quite a lot of shots like this, which are fine for identification purposes if (more likely when) it flies off as I am attempting to position myself for a better view of its face.

Always a lot of failures before I find a compliant model !

Sometimes I spend days, or longer, without getting what I want; but luckily there are always other species of insect to photograph instead.

I never managed one successful photo of an Orange Tip this year, even though one landed on my lens! I didn't get any Brimstones until August, and they were regularly flying around me as well. Only a couple of partial successes with any species of Fritillary.

Focus and exposure are fine here.

[JBW]

Hi Brian,this is a much better image that i feel could have been even better if you had moved to the left and we would have had a good look at the face? Just my thoughts though,keep clicking!

Actually i did get a couple of him from the front quarter. I also got one fro dead ahead but I am having a devil of a time trying to crop it. Here it is;

[Clive Kirby]

I came across the posts in the wrong order. Nice focus on the wings and buds. Perseverance and a bit of luck is needed to get that ideal composition.

[JBW]

I came across the posts in the wrong order. Nice focus on the wings and buds. Perseverance and a bit of luck is needed to get that ideal composition.

my wife of 20+ years says i suffer from mild obsessive compulsive disorder which should come in real handy.

[deetheturk]

Hi Brian,if only you had achieved the same focus on the second image as the first the face would have been perfect! but thats close up photography for youkeep at it

[JBW]

Hi Brian,if only you had achieved the same focus on the second image as the first the face would have been perfect! but thats close up photography for youkeep at it

I shall!