Blashford Butterflies

Warmer weather helped bring out the butterflies on the 16th July.  The day started off badly with heavy rain, but cleared in the afternoon to a warm sunny day.

I saw a good number of butterfly species for the area.  I took all the butterflies on my 100mm lens.  I also used some small amount of flash to fill in the shadows under the wings on all but a couple of the fritillary pictures.

First species is the colourful Red Admiral, nectaring from a bramble flower, both in full and close up (1:1 on the 100mm lens).

A first of this species at the reserve for me, a Silver-washed Fritillary.

These next two images are the ones without fill in flash – the first makes me think of a plane awaiting take off for some reason.

Another orange species, was a comma – taken on my brother Peters flash gun.

For his full olympus setup – see his website petes-photoworld.co.uk , but this picture shows him using his setup on the day.

Onto the last two species taken  – again with fill in flash – a Small White and a Ringlet.

Map of Location