John, same here mate, I also have a collection of photographs with the butterfly close and central in the frame taken last year

Like you, this year I'm trying to create more artistic photographs showing habitats and various angles etc.

I'll post one or two when I get home from work!

Martin,

Fantastic photo mate, please tell me what camera & lens, also what apeture and shutter speed?

Keep up the good work

Wayne

I dont know if I am just unlucky, but I have yet to see a butterfly this year. Usually see a small tortoiseshell by now.

I am up north so I would imagine that sightings would be somewhat later here than further south.

(not to mention weather has been terrible here all march)

Having just recieved my copy of "Butterfly" magazine

Ohh I've never seen this magazine in any shops or newsagents, do they have a website?

I was going to go with the new EF-S 60mm Canon one. (made for the digital range with cropped sensors) A friend of mine has the same camera (300D) and he speaks very highly of it. I was initially torn between that one and the standard 100mm Canon, but I think its the 60mm for me. (be nice for portrai...

Excellent, didnt realise you could do it like that, thought it would put the full sized image in there :-) Hopefully this year I'll get a decent collection of photos and possibly make use of the Gallery feature. Yeh that photo needs a bit more depth of field, I still find it very difficult balancing...

Perhaps it would be nice for people to show off their recent/new photographs?

Here's a nice Peacock I found last year, its quite a large image mind.

http://www.wayno.myby.co.uk/peacock.jpg
taken with a canon 300d at 1/200s f/6.3 55mm (iso100)

Contructive critisism would be appreciated

Yeh, agreed.

The best butterfly website I've come across thats for sure.

Thanks Pete for all your hard work!