Common blue butterfly

[Dave Green]

This afternoon...

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3.

 

[Dan Cattermole]

Excellent!
The first one looks like to be a part of the plant!! Lol.
Very good Dave these are. I've not been seeing any butterflies around me recently.... Well, I haven't noticed any.

 

[Rob MacKillop]

Common? Nothing common about those shots - uncommonly beautiful, I'd say.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Wow!

Such beautiful powder blue shades, and lovely detail

 

[Paul Lange]

I've nether seem butterflies like that before, not that I can remember anyway. A hotel I was staying in recently had loads of butterflies pinned to a board inside display cases. I have to admit I'd rather see them alive or in photographs.

 

[Glen Roberts]

Nice ones Dave. Common Blues certainly make for a pretty picture don't they.

 

[Lesley Jones]

Oh wow!!!

 

[Pete Askew]

These are just lovely Dave. Great captures!

 

[Richard McMellon]

All three shots are fantastic!
The detail in #3 is something else.
What lens are you using?

 

[Dave Green]

Thanks - I'm using an old Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro.

 

[Richard McMellon]

Thanks - I'm using an old Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro.

I really must invest in a proper macro lens!
At the moment I am using a hash together set up of a 50mm lens with a x2 tele-converter & a +2 dioptre

 

[Dave Green]

You need a macro lens fore sure.

 

[Richard McMellon]

YEP!

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Shot #1 is the shot for me...It's not the usual nature photo...far more artistic in a purely natural way

 

[Ralph Thornton]

The butterflies are nice but I really like how sharp you captured them while at the same time they are well isolated frm the background. And the bokeh is smooth. Good work!