Brimstone
First set of posts and already I’m breaking the rules WINK. When I thought about which Brimstone photos to include as my favourite two images sprang immediately to mind and I just couldn’t decide between the two…
The first was taken in the second week of May at Martin Down. The day before had been what I now refer to as a BBC weather day. That is supposedly brilliant (sunny, gentle breeze, double digits temperature wise) yet in actual fact so bad weather wise that it would be summed up by my keystage 3 pupils as “Pants” (dull with no breaks in the cloud, strong gusts atop a strong breeze and single digit temperatures). However the Sunday which was supposed to be the worse day had the decent weather predicted for the Saturday. This was my favourite shot partly because fortune favoured me and instead of the chores etc. I supposed to be doing I was let of the leash for the morning and so was able to take advantage of the decent weather. A second reason for choosing it was because as I was taking some shots a fly landed on its wing and started to clean itself and it just sat there, stock still even as I made to leave. It played its part as a dead leaf to perfection!
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My second fave came from Bentley Wood a week later. Philzoid and I had gotten onto Pearls at opposite ends of the Clearing, met up and found a few more and were heading back to the car park to move onto my Duke site. On the way we stopped in one of the smaller, more recently cleared sections and Philzoid followed a Argent and Sable while I held back so he could go for his shots. As I did I noticed a pair of Brimstone fluttering about agitatedly and so set my camera to Sports mode and clicked a few times in their general direction. Despite the shot being a bit bleached I was really happy with the result as I love the way that the female appears to just be hanging in mid-air.
Have a goodun
Wurzel