Posted by Ben Gardner on July 25, 2010 at 11:49 AM
Hi all,
I has been a little while since my last post, been a hectic ecology survey season. I went up Watlington Hill, Oxfordshire to search out some Chalkhill blues and found an east facing slope with loads of them busy feeding, sunning and chasing the females around. Loved the backdrop of some wild thyme on the edges of the slope so spent alot of time composing with the thyme as an oof background.
Indeed a very colourful image Ben. I think a slightly lower viewpoint would have isolated the wings against the darker background because as it is the lower part of the insect is a bit lost against the strong flowers.
Posted by Shaun Simpson on July 25, 2010 at 12:20 PM
Nice detail, I like the composition and overall colour balance between the butterfly and the backdround just find the OOF blob of time behind the front edge of the wing slightly distracting but it certainly sets the habitat in context well done
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4 repliesI has been a little while since my last post, been a hectic ecology survey season. I went up Watlington Hill, Oxfordshire to search out some Chalkhill blues and found an east facing slope with loads of them busy feeding, sunning and chasing the females around. Loved the backdrop of some wild thyme on the edges of the slope so spent alot of time composing with the thyme as an oof background.
C&C welcome.
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