Either that or a deck of butterfly cards.

Interesting pronounciation to say the least. Then again, mine would probably be just as exotic to you!

padfield wrote:Female yellows hold their wings open when they're eager for a bit of TLC:

I'll have to utilize that with C. tyche or C. hecla this summer...

It is much slower in flight. The thin body looks weak and the flight matches that. Add the small size to that and it is not difficult. After the first, you'll know for yourself.

Like grayling butterflies, topside is rare to catch as they keep wings folded when at rest. And when they are done resting there can be a slight motion blur... http://www.jkt.1g.fi/Butterflies/Nymphalidae/Pics/OENglaci6.jpg This one is Oeneis glacialis, though it may be a bit hard to tell from the ...

Then there's the possibility of catching them when they have something to do...

Too bad they don't fly here yet, so this one is three years old with a camera I had back then. I really need a re-take on that one.

Pete has good points on the other Forum, but the simple solution is to wait. They'll be a lot more accomodating when they are older. Sadly, the colors will suffer as well.

Try getting the topside of Yellows...

The same book is in the thread http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=446 couple of posts lower...

Tamron 90, Sigma 105 and Tokina 100 all extend. Canon 100 does not. Of the 150 ... 180 mm macros none extends.

That is the southern (nominal) form of the species. The one in England (and also in Finland) is the northern form P. aegeria f. tircis. Some think that is a subspecies, some don't.

Lovely shot!!! More please... Check my post at the "Links"... Unfortunately there are not many, if any, to match that one. I have same problem too. My solution in good light is to put exposure as low as possible e.g. 1/2000 sec or lower and image stabilisation ON and hope for best. If tha...

Thanks!

No tripod. I don't carry one around and in this case it would have been just about impossible to get a camera pointing where the pair happened to be. The Tamron 180 is pretty light, but my arms were indeed quite tired in the end - but not near as tired as my legs.

For me, I find wind to be a bigger problem re motion blur. You can have a solid tri/mono-pod set up, but if the perched plant keeps swaying side to side, you won't get a crisp shot. Tell me about it! The stem was almost a meter long and it was quite windy. The solution: Staying on my knees for half...

Interesting settings. I'm usually using ISO 400, 1/320 s & f/11. I use manual as the background and butterfly darkness can vary, but the direct sunlight is relatively constant. Naturally some tweaking is required based on conditions, but those are a starting point. If it gets cloudy, I'm in trou...

It is either Tamron 90, Canon or Tokina 100, Sigma 105 for the medium focal length macro or Sigma 150 or 180 or Tamron 180 for the longer one. I left out Canon 180 due to the higher price. The image quality is not limited by any of those lenses. As mentioned, a zoom lens with "Macro" writt...

Canon 40D?

The list of DSLRs left out Pentax 10D (or was it D10?), which has a pretty good set of features.

As already mentioned, the best P&S is one with long zoom and filter threads for close-up lens.

Maybe, maybe not. They disappeared almost completely from Finland a few years ago, but after a couple of years the numbers began to grow again. Now the situation is almost normal. As far as I know there is no known explanation.

Oops! I forgot Vanessa cardui. It has appeared as single specimen about everywhere - which is not exactly a surprise.

In case anyone is interested, I thought to drop a few field notes about Madeiran butterflies in wintertime. First of all, there are not that many species, but there are a couple of specialties. Pararge xiphia is endemic and flies in the winter as well. I've seen it once before on a relatively lush p...