Sighted a butterfly today, that i just couldnt ID??????????? As per title - it was large(Approx size of a Red Admiral) light/bright orange and dark in colour, it flew fast, it just would not land at all. Several times it slowed its pace, looked like it might land, but just kept on flying. I assumed ...

This Brown Argus look like a female too? Based on the abdomen, I'd say that's a male. Cheers, - Pete Cheers for that Pete, I wasnt sure it was a female, the abdomen is pointed up in that image and there was another Brown Argus close by, who had been chasing this one, and the other butterfly had a a...

The 1st of August saw me visit 2 local sites in Kent, those being Queensdown Warren, and Darland Danks. I was hoping for SSS's at Queensdown Warren, but no such luck there. The female Chalk-hill Blues were on the wing at both sites, but numbers are low compared to last year. Other species seen were ...

I remember many years ago, when photos were made on film and prints were stuck into albums, seeing a friend's album where he had cut his prints to various different shapes and assembled them as a 'layout' on each page. Up until then, I had just stuck standard-size prints in serried rows but I was i...

Like you, I frequently crop my photos but don't follow any hard and fast 'rules' I like to crop out parts that I feel are superfluous to the 'subject' of the picture and I like to make sure that there is some 'space' around the main subject. I simply put the original up on my screen and use the 'un...

I think with the images that you have posted, its a bit difficult to mess about with radically different crops. With a single butterfly image, you can use the rule of thirds, and have the subject looking into a bit of space. But with a breeding pair it's probably best to have an even amount of spac...

I rarely manage to keep any of my butterfly photos "complete"...by complete, i mean that the images have not been cropped at all. Cropping is subjective(like most things associated with photography!) but for most of my butterfly photos, i tend to crop them. The question is, which crop work...

Fans of the Lumix FZ series cameras may be interested to note that a new version of the FZ200 has just been announced by Panasonic - the FZ300. For a 'hands-on' first look, see http://www.dpreview.com/articles/1065643550/fast-zoom-what-you-need-to-know-about-panasonic-lumix-dmc-fz300 The lens and s...

Hi Testudo man, Just thought I'd say ,great White Letter shots from your back garden, you gave me a bit of help some while ago re: Raynox 150 close up lense ,which I duly bought ,and with the help of a cardboard sleeve ,I can use it with my Fujifilm finepix bridge camera ,and have had some reasonab...

Paul, your so lucky :mrgreen: :mrgreen: and a great shot, I went looking on Sunday nothing so far, i was told about a spot where they maybe at Gait Barrow so I'll look there next Goldie :D Thanks very much Goldie, and yes, i guess I dont realize just how lucky i am :wink: I hope you connect with so...

Another late evening trip to Darland Banks on 11/7/15, target species was once again Chalk-Hill Blues. This time though, i didnt wear shorts! and i applied several layers of insect repellant/deet :wink: :wink: Having been bitten 3 times on my lower right leg/ankle by Horseflies last week, i wasnt go...

Im still getting good sightings of WLH's in my garden. This last Saturday, three different sightings through out the day, and since one of the butterflies had its wings badly worn, then there were at least 2 individuals seen. Here is perhaps one of my best images so far...this WLH flew all around th...

John Vergo wrote:The skipper is for sure a Essex skipper

Thanks John, for confirming the Skipper I.D.

Cheers Paul.

2 new butterfly species for my "garden list" added this last Sunday (5/7/15). Total butterfly species for my garden now, stands at 24 :) The 1st one being a Ringlet...it was flying around the top of my driveway, then up over the roof of my house, where it continued to fly low around my bac...

WLH returned to the Isle of Wight in some disease-resistant elms planted in 2000 in Newport. :D Thats great news :wink: Bad news the other day, whilst i was at work, my Grandson was taking a photo of one of the garden WLH's(on his mobile phone) and as the butterfly took off from the lawn, one of ou...

Spent 3 hours+ at Darland Banks yesterday afternoon/evening (4/7/15) the target species being Chalk-Hill Blue :lol: I found just the one CHB, a super fresh male, looking like he had emerged on the day? other species seen were - Painted Lady, Red Admiral, Silver washed Fritillary, Marbled White, Mead...

You lucky bugger! Thats on my list to see! where do you live? Mind if I camp in your garden over the weekend :lol: Cheers mate...you are not the 1st to ask if i have "WLH open garden sessions" :) but unfortunately, my wife does not share my passion in my chosen interests...she barely tole...

Quality stuff! I'm struggling to think of anything more satisfying than having White Letter Hairstreaks effectively residing with you! Cheers David, WLH's are certainly a great species to observe , especially on my doorstep!...although its not all "plain sailing" :roll: I had to put in 6 ...

Im pretty sure the post/poster above/before this one (by the member nudrat) is a spammer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...if it is? could a Mod or Admin remove said post please. On a brighter note, Ive had my 1st White-letter Hairstreaks show up in my garden for 2015 :) One of them landed on my lawn this af...

Finally...............................the White-letter Hairstreaks have put in their first appearance this season, in my back garden, on my lawn, today (24/6/15) at approx 4.00pm :) 2 were sighted, lets hope for a few more now. I will update my old thread from last year, with a photo :wink: Location...