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Purple Hairstreak

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Posted by Peter Woods on June 21, 2010 at 3:57 PM
Purple Hairstreak
Well a bit of a rarity, these fella's usually spend their lives at the top of Oak trees. However on Saturday the weather was changeable and during a shower when the temp dropped this little chap came down low into a neighbouring tree and I luckily managed to get an image thanks to Barry Jackson (I think he is on here) spotting the little fella.. This one has emerged early as usually they are about July/August time...

1Dmk3, EF100f2.8, iso400, 1/200th, f3.5, handheld
Posted by Fran French on June 21, 2010 at 4:09 PM
A rarity indeed and such a perfect specimen. Very nice indeed...

Fran :toast:
Posted by Shaun Simpson on June 21, 2010 at 5:54 PM
Excellent capture and excellent depth of field for f3.5
Posted by David Kjaer on June 21, 2010 at 6:53 PM
You have done well to get this one - a very nice image as well.

David :toast: :toast:
Posted by Phillip Tomkinson on June 22, 2010 at 5:39 AM
Hi Pete you have done very well to get one, a very nice image to.

Phil.

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Posted by Andy Shepherd on June 22, 2010 at 2:44 PM

A rare sight indeed, so congrats on the capture Peter, the colours of the underwing look very nice.

Andy...
Posted by Karen Summers on June 22, 2010 at 3:45 PM
lovely image Pete fabulous colour
Posted by John Robinson on June 22, 2010 at 7:40 PM
Missed this earlier. First time I've seen the underwings ! Got plenty of the tops which everyone goes for !
Good stuff!
JohnR
Posted by eric weight on June 23, 2010 at 10:23 AM
An interesting capture. You have done really well here as John says and it is a nice clear image, that very few people (including me) will have ever managed to get.
:toast: eric