Butterflies

With some warm sunny weather finally here, us photographers can now complain about heat haze. This means taking sharp photographs of birds is almost impossible, except for the cooler conditions at the beginning and end of the day. I usually take advantage of this and spend some time photographing butterflies, dragonflies and insects. A trip out yesterday gave some reasonable results, although I never seem to get the shots I am after of the Orange Tips, they are a tricky species to get right.

Common Blue

Dingy Skipper

Orange Tip

Small Copper

A bit of Macro Photography

At this time of year bird photography becomes a little quiet and so out comes the macro lens.  I don't usually go out with the intention of photographing anything specific, it's more of a case of whatever I come across, I only really dabble as macro photography is an art in itself. Here are a few of my recent attempts.

Hoverfly

Common Blue Butterfly

Beautiful Demoiselle Damselfly

Red Admiral Butterfly

Six-spot Burnet Moth

Brown Argus Butterfly

Honey Bee