Difficult shots

[Dave McCormick]

Just wanted to know which butterflies are most difficult to shoot and how to go around that since a few people, including me have had problems getting decent shots.

Anyway, here are the few I have had problems with:

Peacock = Easily disturbed and can fly away and not bee seen for a while.

Hummingbird hawkmoth and probably others = Fly very fast and are hard to shoot.

Oraneg Tip = Never seem to land long enough to get a shot (I'd use a sports or fast motion mode for getting any chance at all, so far I have failed getting shots too.)

anybody got more difficult species and if anyone has tips, say here.

[JKT]

Try getting the topside of Yellows...

[Dave McCormick]

Getting topside of yellows is difficult, they can fly fast too. Would mae a great photo. Like grayling butterflies, topside is rare to catch as they keep wings folded when at rest.

[JKT]

Like grayling butterflies, topside is rare to catch as they keep wings folded when at rest.

And when they are done resting there can be a slight motion blur...

This one is Oeneis glacialis, though it may be a bit hard to tell from the picture.

[Dave McCormick]

Proves a point then. Practise makes perfect.

[Matsukaze]

Trying to find the grayling at rest can be difficult too:

[Padfield]

Female yellows hold their wings open when they're eager for a bit of TLC:


Guy

(These are Berger's pale clouded yellows)

[Dave McCormick]

Thats a nice pic, but its the male you would really want, to show the yellow!

[JKT]

Female yellows hold their wings open when they're eager for a bit of TLC:

I'll have to utilize that with C. tyche or C. hecla this summer...