Male Banded, using the tip of a nettle to hunt from.
Taken with my new macro set up....Z6....500mm 5.6 pf...LOL...!!
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Chalkhill Blue, just starting to wake, and warm up ready to fly......
Shot was taken on a dullish morning, which is good, takes longer for the butterflies to disappear....!!!! Mostly....lol....
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Waited patiently for this roosting male Chalkhill Blue, to wake, rotate to face the warmth of the rising sun....He awoke, started to rotate, but stopped with the sun backlighting, and warming from below....he remained in that position for about ten seconds, then took to the air.
You can clearly see the underwing pattern, and the blue and charcoal pattern of the upper......Totally translucent...!! Totally unusual....
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It's only when you process images that things become evident....
Nectaring Marbled White, with companions......
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Taken back in April, on a gloomy early Spring day.
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