I am a total novice at this butterfly malarky, just got the 'bug' for it this last summer. Not sure why, but there you go - I'm hooked.
I don't have a proper camera as yet, just a little compat digital - so I have to get REALLY close to the sublect - like a couple of inches ! to get a half decent shot.
I have taken some quite acceptable pics this way - Meadow Browns, Gatekeepers and particularly Speckled Woods, which seem to sit still for me.
I was up in the Chilterns in mid September and shot this little thing. A skipper of some sort I guess.
Very poor quality I know, but it was the only shot I was able to get.
![Image](http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f254/circumzenithalarc/DSC02370.jpg)
Cheers.