Tripod... I tried a monopod once, but it was cheap rubbish, the ball joint fell apart, and I couldn't hold the damn thing steady anyway..... so I cart a tripod round :( Here's a latish evening OT. - oh, and a Speckled Wood was in the garden this eve, but it had poorly inflated wings so not very phot...

Dull but warm day up here. Went back to look for Green Hairstreaks again, but no luck at all :( But I did see my first Speckled Wood, daisy fresh female, :D but on a steep hillside I hadn't carried my camera up. :roll: The GVWs noticed last night provided a subject... s 1/80 f8.0 i100 http://i223.ph...

Thanks David, I'm still not sure!! not my usual stuff.... have found 3 roosting GVWs tonight so may be some more photos tomorrow early.. Also a Red Admiral today here in my N Yorks garden... bit of a suprise.... still no Brimstone or Holly Blue.... you lot down south are sooooo lucky...

I DO love this website

Spotted this roosting OT last night when too late to photo... got it this am and not sure about the result. The pale background is the pond reflecting sky, and the butterfly was in shadow... I could have taken the shot from the other direction, but would have got very wet. :? Sensitivities on hold i...

Thanks Roger.... we will certainly soon see!! Time is starting to travel more slowly now!!! but I have 6 working days to go!!! Roger that PBF photo is great, I must have a close look at the suggestions I have been given.

Hi Fishee.... yep I think you've summed it up... I didn't know that happened! - I do now - the full size images are sometimes brilliant, but they look soft when viewed smaller... any advice on prepping them for example for this site viewing?

If anyone is looking, this is what the ~5mm catties look like this week in North Yorkshire.. not easy to find but.... if you don't look... http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/ptkip/3770s1250f10i400.jpg had to wire the twig down to the tripod in such a way the lens was the right distance... only...

This couple were a late evening sight in the garden yesterday..
s1/100 f9.0 i200

I have occasionally been known to wire the dead old bud to the leaf breaking twig, thereby taking away any fear he will not find the greenery he wants. It can be re-wired anytime needed. Then place the twig in water, bunged up so he can't drown, and place white paper under the said twig.... and wait...

Good luck!... one thing springs to mind... I ( N.Yorks) like to see the Large Blues, but my last attempt.. on such dates as you propose left me very late in their shortish flight period... watch the website ( via BC) and I think you may need to be 1-2 weeks earlier than you plan

Today was a Hairstreak day. :D I had tagged the White Letter Hairstreak ovae I found earlier in the year, and today I took my son ( "Hawkeye") to see if we could find the resultant larvae.... he found 2!! :roll: I found none :x One was approx 12 ins from its ova, the other over a yard, pre...

Love the orion Guy, hope to see some soon maybe.... fantastic butterflies

Another cracking day's weather.. Orange Tip males patrolling in numbers, and 4 commas in a single scrap at one stage. http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/ptkip/3694s11000f71i200.jpg http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/ptkip/3688s11000f71i200.jpg and I thought this one should be named "...

wonderful weather to be out & about today. The Blackcaps and Sand Martins have arrived, and our Spring butterflies are out properly now. Lots of mucking around with the camera produced.... at s1 400, f7.1 and i100... http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd306/ptkip/3549s1400f71i100.jpg http://i223...

Orange Tips, GVWs Small Torts and Peacocks in the garden today... I blew out my whites must try harder.

and a light goes on in the dusty corridors of my empty head. thanks all... I suspect size does matter

Sorry... I use Dig Photo Professional for all the RAW stuff now, I seem to be having to push the sharpening up to 5 / 10 points after I've finished the other bits of correction. But no matter how sharp it seems when magnified, when looked at on my monitor at normal size it looks slightly fuzzier tha...

OK, how is it that when I process the RAW images I can get down to scale perfect, but zooming out to the whole insect it looks less well focussed than my Lumix produced :? I have a feeling it's down to jpegs and screen resolution etc etc, but anyone have advice as to how to set my screen to show the...

I'm a relative newbie to moths and I kid you not it took me two years to see it was EarlY Grey rather than Earl Grey!!!! Still can't wait for the season to really start... moths are OK, but not the same as our buts