August 2007 Entries

[BRIAN]

back from Arnside Knott with my entry for this month, a scotch argus

[Pete Eeles]

This is the August 2007 competition. Please read the competition introduction at:

http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/phpBB2/v ... .php?t=991

To enter the August competition, please post a single reply to this message (1 post per member). You'll be able to edit your entry until 5th September.

Cheers,

- Pete

[sahikmet]

Hi,

Changing to Brimstone taken to day.
Cheers
Sezar

[donna]

Hi
This is my first listing...here is my entry for the August competition.

[Ian Pratt]

[BRIAN]

nice shot Ian, gets my vote this month so far

[roundwood123]

My entry for August, Purple Hairstreak from Friday wood Colchester

[Gruditch]

Rogerdoge & Gwenie told me this was better than my D O B, not to sure myself, I think they may be stitching me up.

Gruditch

[nick patel]

You could call this one "arty". (kind of)(Green-veined white)

[FlyByWire]

I decided to change mine. This image combines no less than 4 of my hobbies! Gliding, biking, photography and of course butterflying.



On the 10th I took the inset picture of a Brown Hairstreak at Hell Coppice near Oakley Wood, Bucks. Canon Powershot A80 (Handheld, no flash, automatic metering and shutter speed (-1/3 programmed in), ISO 50, 3x zoom plus +4 closeup filter - picture cropped and resized, plus light sharpening to 600x600 for my website). I had ridden to site by motorbike and spotted the BH while riding through slowly. I stopped the bike a few meters west of it and took pics with full gear including helmet on.

On the 11th I took the main picture (from the South - North is up) with the same camera (same settings, minus the closeup filter, no zoom, cropped but not resized, light sharpening) from 3000+ feet above site in a DG300 glider while passing during a cross country flight from Lasham Airfield in Hampshire. I took this, added the inset and annotation so you can see where I saw the BH and what it looked like.
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My original entry was a pair of courting Silver Spotted Skippers at Bald Hill, Aston Rowan. This can still be seen by clicking on http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Butterf ... ppers3.jpg.

-Mike
http://piccies.flybywire.org.uk/Butterf ... index.html

[Martin]

Martin.

[Dave McCormick]

Small white taken on 13th:

[Charles Nicol]

this was taken in an olive grove in corfu

charles

[Jack Harrison]

I believe (info Cockayne Collection) right wing is ab. caerumaculae.
Cambridgeshire 8th August

[Gwenhwyfar]

Changed my mind!

[Trev Sawyer]

A brown hairstreak with the sunlight shining through its wings:



Canon 350D camera, 18-55mm canon lens (set on 55mm), 1/500, F5.6, ISO 400, hand-held.

Trev

[Mike Young]

Taken on the 5th Second brood Duke of Burgundy


Nikon D200, Nikkor 105mm macro 2.8 VR.
1/60th @ f20.
Spot metered and Aperture priority
ISO 100
Built in flash
Raw file

[mattberry]

Hi Mike,

Thats a really nice good shot you've uploaded. I love the pose and the lighting through the wings. Its my favourite so far and will get my vote unless I see better!

Regards
Matt

[Mike Young]

Thanks Matt most kind of you to say so

[Malcolm Farrow]

Goodness me, there's already been some fantastic entries this month! I wish we got DoB in Suffolk but I was happy to find this beauty close to home.