Well done to those who finished in the placings,some high quality images this year,

John

The regular winners of these competitions tend to be photography experts who use butterflies to create an attractive finished product. You hit the nail on the head there David. Without doubt they are first class photographers but I cannot recall much in the way of contribution to ukb about butterfl...

Well done to Nigel for his 1st place,also well done to those who finished in the frame so to speak,my only little bit of critique is in my opinion the third placed image is clearly out of focus on the wing's,i am very surprised it made the frame,my personal favourite was Trev Sawyer's backlit Marble...

Well done young Ben,I bet your dad is one proud man,well deserved mate,

John.

Answering Ian's question,most if not all of my butterfly images are taken very early in the morning,if you are at the known sites of your chosen butterfly your chance of finding a roosting subject is increased enormously,Nigel Kiteley and i have left home as early as 3am to get to certain sites for ...

What a pleasant surprise,thank you very much indeed i am highly honoured especially as there were so many excellent image's,well done to Iian Leach on coming first with a wonderful image the gorgeous Clouded yellow,Thank you to everyone involved with running the competition,


John.

Debbie wrote:

john starkey wrote:Re: June 2013

by john starkey » Sat Jun 29, 2013 4:54 pm

Prees Heath,

Does anyone have any reports of sighting of SSB's yet,

cheers John.

Hi John,

I may get to go this week, will let you know.

Debbie

Thank you very much Debbie,very kind of you

John.

Prees Heath,

Does anyone have any reports of sighting of SSB's yet,

cheers John.

Congratulations to all the winners,i would especially like to congratulate young Ben Kiteley,considering his age his images are amazing,(he does have a good teacher in his dad),as for me there is always another day lol,

Take care all and have a happy xmas,

John.

Hi All,i have just returned form holiday and had a look at the results,congrats to all those who entered,all very good image's,well done to the top 5 placing's very worthy indeed,i look forward to entering in the near future,

regard's John.

Hi all,i live about 12 mile's from Grafton wood so thank you for letting us know about these gorgeous butterfly's,also just to add something to this post,just incase you didn't know.Pearl bordered fritillary are flying again at grafton after a re-introduction programme by the regional butterfly cons...

Does anyone know how this site is doing for Silver Washed at the moment please? Hi Nigel,i was there last sunday for about 6hrs,saw plenty of SWF,i parked in dry mill lane and followed the recommended walk in west midland's butterfly walk booklet,if you are going on saturday i would be happy to com...

Hi Mike,thank you for your advice,a very good in depth reply,i like to take my shot's hand held,(hate carrying a tripod about)but i will put your tip's to use and see what i can achieve,

Take care,
John.

Hi everyone,i have just registered and i would like you to comment on this image of a Brown argus,i have been doing wildlife/bird photography for about 2 year's,last year i got myself the new canon 100mm 2.8 is L macro lens,since then i have found a real passion for macro photography especially butt...