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Green Hairstreak

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Posted by John Varley on May 15, 2006 at 4:20 AM
Green Hairstreak butterfly, Barden Moor West Yorks

Took this a couple of weeks ago. Most of my shots were on Bilberry
but they started coming down onto the path to warm up, thought this was a bit different to the usual.

Techs
20d 100mm macro ,x1.4 and 12mm ext tube, (poor mans 150)
Natural light. F11 ISO 800. Nearly full frame. USM etc in PS

by for now John
Posted by Tim Munsey on May 15, 2006 at 5:19 AM
What a glorious flutterby, must get me one of these.
Stonking shot.

:toast:

Tim
Posted by Dave Courtenay on May 15, 2006 at 6:52 AM
Very very nice :toast:
Posted by Paul Schröder on May 15, 2006 at 7:08 AM
Amazing detail and colour. Very fine shot.

Paul :toast:

NL/Rotterdam
Posted by PhilH on May 15, 2006 at 7:31 AM
Splendid looking specimen, shows the rim of the wings very nicely, could an even lower viewpoint have been possible?

:toast:
Posted by David Kjaer on May 15, 2006 at 10:53 AM
Hi John

Neat butterfly and 'cracking' shot!

David :toast:
Posted by Sean Bolton on May 15, 2006 at 1:01 PM
Hi John

Nicely caught, good colour and detail, never seen one of these myself.

cheers

Sean
Posted by Philip Kirkham on May 17, 2006 at 3:44 AM
Hello John
Excellent image of an insect I have never even seen.
Best wishes
Phil :toast: :toast:
Posted by Elliott Neep on May 17, 2006 at 1:41 PM
Wow, what a colourful butterfly! Spot on depth of field and the pale colouration of the ground focusses the eye on the insect. A lovely shot that would have been even better with lower shooting angle... :toast:
Posted by John MacTavish on May 17, 2006 at 3:57 PM
I'm inclined to think along the same lines as Mr Hurst here. A lower shooting angle (if possible) would maybe go a long way to isolating this one from the background a bit more.

John
Posted by John Varley on May 17, 2006 at 4:40 PM
thanks for the comments - I agree about the lower shooting angle - I was lying flat on the ground and gradually getting the camera lower down, this is the last frame before, I breathed, and it flit :frown:

They are locally quite common on the moors around Bolton Abbey. Always worth checking Bilberry patches in late April early May - they look brown when they are in flight - only the undersides are green.

John