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Butterflies 2015 No 30

By tomcat    
The first Marbled White Melanargia galathea recorded this year at Twywell. Found and photographed by yours trulyWink
Actually spotted him yesterday, but nailed him this morningWink

Many thanks to Nigel (NigelKiteley), Pamela (pamelajean), Mike (Greyheron), Ed (Glostopcat), Alan (Alan_Baseley), Steve (Steve_S),
Jason (jasonrwl), Danny (Danny1970) & Carole (CaroleS) for their awards given to yesterday's upload
A thank you PM to follow in due course


Adrian

Tags: Butterflies Insects Wildlife Twywell Marbled white Wildlife and nature Northants

Voters: kojak, RobertTurley, CaroleS and 50 more

Readers' Choice Awards are given to photos that get over 30 votes

Uploaded:
16 Jun 2015 4:21PM
Camera:
Canon EOS 6D
Lens:
EF100mm f/2.8L Macro IS USM
Shutter Speed:
1/50s
Aperture:
f/14.0
ISO:
500
Focal Length:
100.0 mm
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Comments


CaroleS Plus
12 442 3 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 4:36PM
There was me congratulating myself on getting my first butterfly shot of the year today (shakily hand held at present). I just wish I could achieve results such as this! Superb colours and detail Adrian, a pleasure to viewGrin
Carole
ali63 11 791 1 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 4:48PM
Top class image Adrian GrinGrin

Ali
CarolG 16 199 20 Greece
16 Jun 2015 5:11PM
A stunning butterfly, Adrian, captured so well. 35C here today, a wonderful day for the beach Smile
taggart Plus
18 47 15 United States
16 Jun 2015 5:12PM
A great perch, and a great butterfly shot!
DicksPics Plus
11 13
16 Jun 2015 5:14PM
First class, Adrian!
Wonderful macro work.

RichardSmile
ninpo135 10 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 5:17PM
Another Cracking Image Adrian.

Mick.
Jenny-D 13 1 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 5:36PM
Found and photographed by an expert... stunning!

Jenny
tonyng Plus
13 13 3 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 7:12PM
Fab. Must get one of these sometime.
Maiwand 16 3 73 England
16 Jun 2015 7:19PM
A real classy image Adrian-- sharp as a new pin and super exposure.GrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrinGrin
Ron
DonMc 14 4 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 7:52PM
What a beautiful macro image of this wonderful butterfly Adrian, bet you've done this before!Wink
Regards Don
NigelKiteley 13 1
16 Jun 2015 7:56PM
Congrats on finding and totally nailing the first Marbled Ade, a quality image mate Smile.
TonyDy Plus
14 55 3 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 8:26PM
There are some fantastic images of butterflies on here today and this is up with the best, Adrian.
Tony
Holmewood Plus
10 6 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 8:31PM
Superb shot Adrian. Congratulations. Cathy
Mollycat Plus
9 21 2 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 9:23PM
Stunning Adrian. Class photography.
Peter.
Glostopcat 17 255 2 England
16 Jun 2015 10:00PM
A marvellous close up of this male marbled white, hopefully this is a sign that summer has finally arrived!Wink
DerekL 18 228 24 England
16 Jun 2015 10:02PM
Absolute belter Adrian.

Derek
Irishkate 12 45 121 United Kingdom
16 Jun 2015 11:05PM
The best of the week Adrian - this is a beauty.
Kate GrinGrinGrin
bricurtis Plus
17 2.8k 53 England
16 Jun 2015 11:33PM
A beauty Adrian - perfectly perched.
Brian.
BRITCHIE Plus
8 Australia
17 Jun 2015 3:11AM
What a beautiful image, great detail and such wonderful colours excellent capture, great macro photography, SmileSmileSmileSmile
BRITCHIE

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