I am not quite sure about this bit of advice.Im told don't get too close - crop in later.
Certainly, it is convenient to take the picture from some distance away, and then play around with cropping later to get the right composition, and you also get a deeper apparent depth of field, but...................
All those pixels in that sensor have cost you a lot of money - to end up under the delete button?!
You can't see it on the thumbnail, but you can click on the thumbnail and this opens a larger image that will give up the info.Id be interested to know how you can see my Exif data? I do have Opanda
We could certainly do with less wind. However, I like days with lots of cloud cover (50%) as the butterflies show themselves better in the sunlight, and then calm down a bit as the clouds go over allowing for a better shot with lower contrast, less harsh shadows, and less distracting shine on leaves etc.What I need is a sunny, wind free day!
You have some great images there - you should be very pleased, you really nailed the first BA shot.
One of your GHs is a tatty specimen. I have two personal "no nos" at least for competition entries - tatty butterflies and butterflies on fingers. Sure they are useful record shots, but not for publication in my opinion.
You can read as many books as you like, and listen to the pontifications of all the experts on this list, but if yu want to take better photos, there is no substitute for being out there and snapping away.
Roger