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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.

Try getting the topside of Yellows...

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.

Dave McCormick wrote: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.

Proves a point then. Practise makes perfect.

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

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


Guy

(These are Berger's pale clouded yellows)

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

padfield wrote: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...