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Green Hairstreak

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Posted by Paul Watson on May 10, 2009 at 9:37 AM
Green Hairstreak
Stalked this one for quite a while and eventually he settled down on the edge of a Bramble leaf. These tiny butterflies are never seen with their wings open(which are brown) instead they turn to the side to get as much sun as they can.

D80
Sigma 150 + 1.4 tc
ISO 200
1/250
f11
Tripod
Posted by Malcolm Muir on May 10, 2009 at 12:40 PM
Lovely wee butterflies the green hairstreaks but dificult to photgraph, I find. They don't seem to be a s naturally photogenic as the blues. I like this shot.

Malcolm :toast:
Posted by Billy Fairburn on May 10, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Nice shot of this guy Paul. The background looks a little noisy for iso 200 which I don't really understand but everything else works for me
Posted by Lee Newman on May 10, 2009 at 6:24 PM
Nice image Paul. It does stand out well against the BG & I like how he is perched on the end of the leaf.

Lee