Male Silver-Washed Fritillary Butterfly.

[JohnP]

The last time I saw one of these I was taking 35mm slides. The conditions were not good... too breezy. I'm just a tad disappointed with No1 with the wing tip not that sharp, I was taken by surprise when I first spotted it and I won't say I got in a panic exactly... but you know what I mean. I wanted a shot so bad and I was worried it was going to clear off and I should have used f11 instead of f6.3 which is what the camera was set on from the last shot. I did come across a few more when walking in the Forest of Dean today, but these shots are probably as good as any, I may make something out of a couple of other shots, I'll try tomorrow.

 

 

 

 

Canon EOS 60D, Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM 

[fuzzyedges]

nice again John

I havnt seen any round our way

Gate keepers were all over last week and now they seem to have nearly disappeared

totroise shells have disapeared

Comas have gone on strike

And we are left with whites and peacocks

[bugmeister]

Those are very pretty, I've never seen one in the wild and I'm quite jealous

[JohnP]

Those are very pretty, I've never seen one in the wild and I'm quite jealous

 

You mean I've got my own back at last... you are always making me jealous... 

[bugmeister]

You mean I've got my own back at last... you are always making me jealous... 

[NannyFerret]

You are lucky, They are all too fast for me when I see them. 

[Terry]

Great capture. Well done

[Heather]

beautiful, not seen one of those before