Thanks JKT

My son has just returned from a walking holiday in the Pyrenees. He snapped a few butterflies and a couple of moths because he knows I'm interested. Could somebody take a look and name them? He has named one of the moths so a confirmation of that (or otherwise) would be appreciated Cheers Dave http:...

I believe that Tiff (tagged image file format) is non lossy ie it does not loose image quality but of course it does not compress the file, so they are large. The jpeg format (joint photographic experts group, or something like that) is lossy. This means you loose detail with jpeg, and the more you ...

Its a cracking image of a butterfly though and the sort of view I've only ever seen in mounted museum specimens
Dave

Hi Nigel First the disclaimer, I'm not an expert but my guess is its a Southern Hawker. They have a broad antehumeral stripe (see pic) where a Migrant Hawker which looks very similar has a much smaller one. There is a chance that it could be a Common Hawker but once again the stripe does not look qu...

Ah well, its the taking part not the winning that counts (I don't really believe a word of that )

Cheers
Dave

I dont have a clue but to make it easier for somebody else to ID it I copied it from your site

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If you look at the pictures entered in the monthly comp, most people want to show as much detail as possible hence they get in as close as possible (me included). However if you look at gwenhwyfas picture in the September comp you can see that putting in some background puts the butterfly in context...

Nice picture eccles, it beats me how you managed it
Cheers
Dave

Hi Pete The images I post on this site are low res, usually 1000px on the longest side so that they are about the right size for viewing on most monitors. Will you want a high res versions? This is because if they are used in a magazine for example 1000px is probably not suitable for anything larger...

Thanks Tymo, the picture looks very similar.

JKT thanks for pointing me in the right direction. My wife saw it land and said she thought that there was a flash of red on the underwing. It was about 12 ft. up a post so I was not able to disturb it (gently) to see for myself. We waited around for about 15 mins but it had more patience than me an...

...............and while we are on the subject can anyone help with a name for this one. It was quite large, about 1" from top to tail and was flying during the day


Thanks
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Thanks Nick, I just tried it on one of my old posts and it worked a treat
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Me too
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Hi Nick
How did you get the small images to line up horizontally on the screen and not vertically as usually happens?
Dave

Hi, I'm sure one of the forum experts will give you a definitive answer shortly, but for what its worth I think that Adonis blues have dark grey banding across the white margins around the edges of the wings. I hope I'm wrong as Adonis pictures are hard to come by
Cheers
Dave

It all depends on what you want to take snaps of. A stationary butterfly is fairly easy to photograph using manual focus, but to take a picture of a moving insect or bird gets a lot more difficult without autofocus. A good autofocus will track and adjust the focus as it moves. http://upload2.postima...

I have been out to look for second broods of common and small blues this year and have found in the small number of places I have visited there are very limited numbers. In fact I could not find any small blues at all at a place where there were lots earlier in the year. I have only found small numb...

I went to Denbies Hillside last Monday in the hope of seeing an Adonis Blue. It was a hazy day about 18 degrees C. and there was very little to see (meadow browns, small heaths, one skipper and two large whites) were about it. The only blues were a couple of very worn females which I think were comm...