shot at arnside knot, while hunting for high browns!

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Here is one of my fav images of this year, shot at prees heath while shooting silver studded blues.

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one from arnside knot june 28th, i visited quite a few times , shot quite a few, but still have difficulty id them from top view!

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shot at grafton wood , my first ever sighting, on a trip where i saw 6

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here is one of mine , taken at whixall moss. was a very good year for them.
pity this one had a bit of wing damage!
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Hi Tom, i had the same question , 5d2 or 7d . after reading everything i could i eventually decided on the full frame, yes i admit missing the crop factor , but the image quality at all iso settings up to 1600 is superb! and easily usable up to 4000! i would not use if for wildlife, auto focus as me...

Agree with you Pete,a really nice guy , we had a great day and so much information learned! amazed he manages to find these little pillars
Gill even managed to pick out the congregation trees in a little test matthew set her
a real privilage to actually see these lavae in the wild!

ON SUNDAY I TRAVELLED DOWN TO SAVERNAKE FOREST WITH GILLIAN THOMPSON , A 5.30 AM START FOR ME!!!!!! ABOUT 195 MILES FROM WHERE I LIVE, BUT I ONLY HAD TO DRIVE HALF WAY! WE WERE SHOWN THE PURPLE EMPEROR LARVAE BY MATTHEW OATES WHO KINDLY SHOWED US AROUND THE WOODS WERE HE HAS BEEN MONITERING THEIR PR...

Firstly let me say i am supprised so many people would think i would actually try to fake a photograph intentially!!!!!!!!! i did NOT notice the double spots untill someone mentioned it after posting on flickr. so was not intentially done ! i very rarely use software to focus stack butterflys, but o...

NO manipulation, a single frame as shot, have just looked and unfortunatley i have already delited raw file,this is the only version i have! i have no idea !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! why would any one think i would digitally manipulate an image is beyond me :?: i dont need to cheat to get a good image :D phil

shot at grafton wood, presumed a brown argus when shot, quite small in size , but does appear to be a common blue but with doubled spots ? colour appears wrong also , thought might be old but wings in excelent condition! any thoughts? phil http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6001/6208300904_7214e8da05_b....

I would recomend the canon 100mm macro, it is much easier to hand hold and get sharp shots compared to the heavy 150. its easy enough to get close to most butterflys and you will not need as high shutterspeed compared to the longer focal length to prevent motion blur!

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This is my fav of the year, the first ever marbled white and small skipper i have ever seen, both in the same shot!
taken at oversley wood purple emperor event
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here are 2 pics , a male from first visit and a female from sunday i believe not a single sighting today monday!!!!!!!!! phil male feeding, much darker than the females http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6069/6070118700_bfb489e99f_z.jpg female showing top wing patch http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6...

Sunday 21st travelled all the way back to grafton again, after a slow start ended up seeing 8 females and one male [feeding in the wood ] the main female activity was around the edges of 1st field before the wood coming from church and towards the orchard area. although spotted 2 at the southern end...

thanks neil , i have to agree with you on that shot
cant wait to go back in couple weeks time!

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looks like you had a great day neil, congrats

im itching to go see them again!

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I found it quite easy to find going through the farm, the paths are well marked and well trodden! i was quite lucky to get the shots i did on a first visit, cant wait to go back! hope to go back soon, hopefully there will be alot more emerging over next couple weeks just finished another shot from s...

beautifull skipper shots neil
seeing my first ever brown hairstreak on sunday i was totally blown away by their beauty. hopefull see a lot more over the next month.
cant wait!
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i drove 269 miles down to grafton wood today, never seen a brown hairstreak before. after couple hours eventually found 5 females around the edges of the 2 fields just before the wood coming from the church carpark, the male was feeding on angelica on the central path running through the wood. no si...