Short-tailed Blue - Favourite Photo of 2011
Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2011 8:39 pm
Mr. Cupido argiades is one of my favourites, so I'll start the thread. I actually have at least three reasons to love him:
• He compelled me to work with aperture, sharpening, and later better postprocessing
• Availability 2-3 times per season with increasing abundances
• He's subjectively one of the prettiest Blues when fresh
I arguably didn't achieve more detailed shot with my 14-42 mm (not exactly butterfly-friendly) kit since this photo. It must have been a purely lucky shot of possibly new-born, passive male - but I was really hard-working this August!
Days after, I was making worst and worst photos of more and more badly worn imagos, less willing to let me to come closer...
By the way, it's only a matter of seconds with them in the grass. Males are relatively still only in muddy warm places, that are pretty atrocious backgrounds. Enjoyably problematic!
• He compelled me to work with aperture, sharpening, and later better postprocessing
• Availability 2-3 times per season with increasing abundances
• He's subjectively one of the prettiest Blues when fresh
I arguably didn't achieve more detailed shot with my 14-42 mm (not exactly butterfly-friendly) kit since this photo. It must have been a purely lucky shot of possibly new-born, passive male - but I was really hard-working this August!
Days after, I was making worst and worst photos of more and more badly worn imagos, less willing to let me to come closer...
By the way, it's only a matter of seconds with them in the grass. Males are relatively still only in muddy warm places, that are pretty atrocious backgrounds. Enjoyably problematic!
