RSCN7008 - Edited.jpg Dear bugboy and Jack. Firstly, thank you for your warm welcome here by sending your messages - and which have made me smile! The short episode of the wonderful Emporer 'attacking' me all happened far too quickly. I would love to have seen it's true colour. And by the way, my j...

Mike, thank you for your reply. It is interesting what you have said and I fully understand. I assumed that the awful colour of the Emporer was due to my friend not knowing how to get the subject into focus whilst using my camera!! I was so disappointed at having such a butterfly sitting on me for a...

Thank you Charles. If I could afford a more decent camera then I wouldn't mind one bit carrying it with me! There are some things that I just can't master with my basic camera. The 'macro' setting defeats me so often. I loved the many Small Copper photographs I was able to take - especially as it wa...

I haven't mentioned that i use my small Nikon Coolpix. No flash used. And just the ordinary 'Auto' setting.

Another magic moment. This Small Copper sat happily on a path for quite some time whilst i took many photographs of it.

The colour is not quite correct in the photo. As we parked the car, the Emporer swooped straight inside before circling me several times. My friend used my camera hurriedly to capture this brilliant photo once the Emporer had left the car.
Iona

One wonderful moment.