Gold spotted Sylph (Metisella metis metis)
Back Garden – 22/8/19
Painted Lady. Front Lawn 22/8/19
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Gold spotted Sylph (Metisella metis metis)
Back Garden – 22/8/19
Painted Lady. Front Lawn 22/8/19
Ark
A Tale Unfolds 
Boy that Hayden guy is a hoot.
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Those are beautiful. We aren’t seeing many butterflies this summer, sadly.
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The lack of butterflies in England’s case is probably something to do with Brexit, I shouldn’t wonder.
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Now you are just being silly! We had loads of Painted Ladies come in from the continent earlier this year and no one told them to sod off back home 🙄🤣
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That must be it – along with all the other shortages which are already starting…..
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That first shot is a beaut!
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The second one is not fully in focus. In my albeit limited experience these butterflies seldom fully open their wings when feeding and I was caught by surprise.
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It happens, if you use a macro lens you can blame that for lack of depth of field ” I was only focusing on the eyes, honestly”
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It’s a standard 55mm kit lens. Is there an excuse for this I can use?
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No not really, just take it on the chin and better luck next time. If you can use a high f.stop to get more dof something like f16. I set up with aperture priority then adjust the iso to get a nice fast shutter speed. If the subject is still out of focus step back and crop!
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With the Canon I have everything on automatic. I am not so clued up on the manual side.
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Give it a try. Using shutter or aperture priority is semi-automatic, when you get used to them doing the other settings as you shoot becomes second nature. I use the function button on my Nikon to control iso and keep an eye on the data in the view finder to make sure everything is as I want it. Then you can start shooting in raw and all the fun of post-processing.
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I have the same problem with butterflies who will NOT cooperate…all I can do is just keep clicking away, hoping to get a ‘wings down’ shot in there somewhere. These are lovely, btw. We have a gravel driveway here, and often they get their drinks from the road itself, rather than risking being trapped in a skin coat of water. I suspect those wing beats are like a hydraulic system, pumping the water into the tube…
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That Gold spotted Sylph is a stunner Ark! Top photo is a knock out.
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Thank you, Pete.
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