Peacock Butterfly.
Sunrise: 05.43 am Sunset: 09.09 pm
I stretched to my limit over a thick bramble bush to get this image. Moving closer and closer, hoping it wouldn’t fly away, the peacock slowly filled my viewfinder. I resisted the temptation to act before I was ready. This would be a one shot opportunity, I knew that! My flash would surely send the butterfly into the air. I struggled to keep my balance, and the camera steady. Holding my breath, the auto-focus beeped, I pressed the button, saw the flash, and promptly collapsed into the bramble bush.
Was the image worth the effort? Well, I achieved what I had set out to do, I was not able to alter camera settings, and it was an extreme shot. Under better circumstances, I could have done better! Another second and I would have shaken too much to get an auto-focus lock, and I would still have fallen into the brambles, a failure! Ha-ha!
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Reblogged this on anthonyvenable110.
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Oh the times I’ve ended up on my backside or in a bush because I’ve overreached! There were so many peacocks out at Wisley yesterday I was surrounded by them whilst standing in the flower bed by the buddleja. I haven’t seen so many all together for years! Wonderful sight 🙂 Do you use an external flash and diffuser?
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Ah, but did you end-up on your backside having captured the image. 😉
I use my camera’s pop-up flash most of the time.
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you were really lucky to do this photo. Since days I’m hunting after butterflies and they always fly away…
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Butterflies can be very flighty creatures; there are also some that just sit there, apparently oblivious to everything.
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Spectacular and amazing colors! 🙂 Hermosa, el diseño de sus alas es hermoso parece una tela estampada!
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Thank you!
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I fell in the brambles photographing the Large Blue at Collard Hill. I’m rather expert at it now. Falling in that is.
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Falling is the easy bit, Marc. 😉
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Great shot! Well done!
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Thank you, Reinhardt.
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Fantastic capture. It’s beautiful! Well done with all the effort 🙂
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Thanks, Inga. The hardest thing was holding my breath. 🙂
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LOL! Glad you survived your fall…and image is wonderful…such a beautiful butterfly.
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Thanks, Suzanne.
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Reblogged this on Container Crazy Cathy T and commented:
Very cool. Cathy T.
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Beautiful shot!
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Thank you, Annemarie.
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Reblogged this on lepidopteralovers and commented:
The photo of this Peacock Butterfly is amazing! I love it! Thank you for posting it. 🙂
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Thank you for appreciating my image. 🙂
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