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by flyingveepixie
Mon Aug 12, 2019 3:31 pm
Forum: Photography
Topic: Butterfly slide show
Replies: 2
Views: 894

Butterfly slide show

Hi all, I just uploaded a short slideshow to youtube of some of the butterflies and other little bugs I managed to photograph in my garden this summer with my iphone SE. I wanted to hold off a bit for the sake of collecting a few more pics but with the recent bad weather everything seems to have dis...
by flyingveepixie
Wed Aug 07, 2019 5:37 pm
Forum: Identification
Topic: help with identification please....
Replies: 2
Views: 377

Re: help with identification please....

Thank you. :D
by flyingveepixie
Wed Aug 07, 2019 4:20 pm
Forum: Identification
Topic: help with identification please....
Replies: 2
Views: 377

help with identification please....

I wondered if anyone can help to identify these two little chaps who I photographed this morning. I thought the second one might be just a worn out old meadow brown on his last legs, but perhaps I'm completely wrong..? Butterfly or moth...? I'm too much of a novice to tell. The location where they w...
by flyingveepixie
Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:45 pm
Forum: Sightings
Topic: Which Blue is this..?
Replies: 5
Views: 1132

Re: Which Blue is this..?

Thanks. I thought it was a Holly Blue but wasn't sure as I have one of the white underside with the little black spots too. It seems that the underside of these two is the easiest way to tell them apart as most of the upper side pics I've seen they look very similar...
by flyingveepixie
Tue Aug 06, 2019 1:50 pm
Forum: Sightings
Topic: Which Blue is this..?
Replies: 5
Views: 1132

Which Blue is this..?

Can someone tell me if this is a Holly Blue or a Common Blue please..? How do you tell which is which..?
by flyingveepixie
Tue Aug 06, 2019 12:33 pm
Forum: Sightings
Topic: Is there an influx of Painted ladies?
Replies: 11
Views: 2010

Re: Is there an influx of Painted ladies?

The most I counted in my garden at once was 15 about 2 weeks ago. None today unfortunately...

Here's one which was on my lavender the other day...
by flyingveepixie
Tue Aug 06, 2019 10:10 am
Forum: Photography
Topic: iPhone photo technology
Replies: 5
Views: 3007

Re: iPhone photo technology

Hi all, I've only just started taking pics of butterflies with my iphone SE this summer after noticing all the Painted ladies coming into my garden. The way I'm doing it is to put the phone into 4k video mode and start from as close a distance as possible to the subject, moving steadily closer and a...

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