Butterflies

[Raven]

again... I know, but I thought they were too beautiful to get forgotten about on my drives.

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/bf2.jpg

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/bf.jpg

[Raven]

Love the details in this shot! All of the pics were taken freehand...

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/Scotland-visions/bf3.jpg

[grumpyhippo]

I like the pictures Raven, the trouble with trying to get pictures of butterflys is that they so quickly flutterby.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/_DSC0101a.jpg





http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k57/grumpyhippo/_DSC0098a.jpg

[Sporran]

Such stunning photos, Raven and Grumpyhippo! I love butterflies - they're so beautiful! :) I especially like your first photo with the peacock butterfly, Raven. What kind of butterflies are yours, Grumpyhippo? I don't think I've seen one with transparent wings before! :cool:

[North Light]

Raven,
Love the first and the third, wonderful.

grumpyhippo,
Excellent, the first is a gem.

[Raven]

GH the first one is really a gem! Did you capture them in the wild or in a flutterby house sort of thing? Love the transparent wings!!!

[wifie]

Wow fantastic images! Stunning no 1 GH!

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/AComma.jpg


Not sure if you get these so far north.

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/DSCF0885.jpg

Had a load of these about today, wonderful sight

[Sporran]

LIZZ, your shot of the Red Admiral on the thistle is superb! :cool: Well caught!

[astroman]

Excellent photos everyone.

Heres a couple I snapped last year at Amazonia (Motherwell).

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj138/astroman_caithness/AmazoniaButterfly3.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj138/astroman_caithness/AmazoniaButterfly2.jpg

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj138/astroman_caithness/AmazoniaButterfly.jpg

They came out pretty good considering they were taken using my son's very basic Kodak digital camera.

[Kenn]

Love the 1 with the pink slashes across it's wings and also the 1 with transparent wings, butterflies always seem to me to be like flying jewels.

[wifie]

Love yer red admiral Lizz and the comma is such a pretty one! Wow Astroman stunning pics of stunning butterflies. Been to Butterfly World at Dobbies in Edinburgh - the colours are amazing - such short lives they live tho! :(

[Sporran]

Astroman, your butterfly pics are gorgeous too! :D

And what a lovely way to describe butterflies, LIZZ. They do indeed seem like flying jewels! :cool:

[Raven]

Great captures Astroman! I would love to go into a butterfly house one day too!

[astroman]

Great captures Astroman! I would love to go into a butterfly house one day too!

It was great to be able to observe so many unusual brightly coloured varieties up close, but it could be a bit unnerving when some of the bigger ones got too close :eek:

[Raven]

It was great to be able to observe so many unusual brightly coloured varieties up close, but it could be a bit unnerving when some of the bigger ones got too close :eek:

How big are we talking here :eek:

[Kenn]

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i316/kenliz/Alargewhite-1.jpg

Dozens of them about today but took about 20 shote to get a half decent one.

[astroman]

How big are we talking here :eek:

Some were a good bit bigger than a Red Admiral (double the wingspan?).

Not really a problem unless you're leaning towards it to get a photo and it takes off and flies your direction - at 12" in front of your nose flying towards you it looks big :eek:.