Essex skipper

Small skipper

White-letter hairstreak

2020 Comp Entries

My first thoughts when finding this butterfly was it had very similar colours to a Small Copper schmidtii I was also thinking along the lines of a name - something to do with albino, being so pale, so alba seems a good choice of name. A good description of the differences from ‘type’ – underside gro...

Thanks for your replies everyone, A case of right place at the right time! It looked a totally different WLH when I first saw it - really light in colour. My heart was in my mouth until I managed to get a pic of it! It was flitting around on different flowers until it settled enough to get a pic, ev...

I photographed a White–Letter Hairstreak in Bedford Purlieus (Cambs) which is an aberration.

I can’t seem to find any info of it in books or on the web, anyone any ideas on this one?

Cheers

Greenanrol

Does anyone know what larva this is? I thought it was a Common blue cat but a closer look tells me it's not! It was found on Bird's foot trefoil and Black Medic at Twywell Hills and Dales in Northants yesterday. It has a white stripe down the back and is about 5mm in length.

Just looking through your pictures today - absolutely brilliant. Thanks for sharing them with us.

Do you play around with the white balance on pics or do you use the camera supplied settings?

I also have the FZ 45 but my pics are nowhere near the same true colour as yours! Any tips ?

Greenanrol

Any views on the new Canon 6D?

Does anyone use a ring flash ?
I have been looking at the Marumi ring flash and was wondering how they performed.
It would be used on a Canon 350D with a Canon 100mm macro lens. I have been using the pop up flash on the camera at reduced flash strength.

Thanks, this camera is to take out on daily walks with the dog, quite a few times I have wished I had taken a camera with me that fits in a pocket.

I'm looking into buying a compact camera to use as a lightweight alternative to my dslr for habitat and butterfly shots, anybody got any ideas ?