Butterflies(day&night)

[pcs]

Some from last year to start(Buff ermine, Red admiral, Box tree moth, Brimstone moth and Light emerald)

 

[Levina]

First time I've been stared at by a moth! Cracking shot that.

That third moth has pretty wings. They look like they're made of that thin, crackling paper.

Did you shoot these in the wild?

 

[Darren75]

What always amazes me with insects is how hairy some of them are. Great shots.

 

[JohnPD]

What always amazes me with insects is how hairy some of them are. Great shots.

Pollinators especially, I reckon, for obvious reasons.

 

[fotoi]

 

[pcs]

First time I've been stared at by a moth! Cracking shot that.

That third moth has pretty wings. They look like they're made of that thin, crackling paper.

Did you shoot these in the wild?

Thanks, all in my garden, last 2 with a light at dark.

 

[Levina]

Thanks, all in my garden, last 2 with a light at dark.

Your garden? I thought maybe you had taken at least some in a botanical garden.

 

[pcs]

Your garden? I thought maybe you had taken at least some in a botanical garden.

Never been to one of them. There are more moths than you'd think, try it with a daylight lamp and a white sheet, even works on a balcony(if there's enough green in the neighbourhood).

 

[Levina]

Never been to one of them. There are more moths than you'd think, try it with a daylight lamp and a white sheet, even works on a balcony(if there's enough green in the neighbourhood).

I honestly had no idea. I see one of those brown "huis-tuin en keuken" (plain, run of the mill) variant moths sometimes, but that's it.

 

[pcs]

That's what I also saw until one hour with the lamp in the dark showed these.

 

[Levina]

That's what I also saw until one hour with the lamp in the dark showed these.

I have to try that sometime. I see you shot them with the RF 100L macro. I recently purchased it (from Panamoz) but have yet to use it.

 

[pcs]

I have to try that sometime. I see you shot them with the RF 100L macro. I recently purchased it (from Panamoz) but have yet to use it.

I've got mine last summer, much easier to use than the EF with converter and extension rings.

 

[pcs]

Some more:
Buff Ermine:

Centre-barred Sallow:

Willow Beauty:

 

[pcs]

And some wannabees, Small and Large White(we don't have any cabbage left...):

 

[Levina]

I've got mine last summer, much easier to use than the EF with converter and extension rings.

I had the EF 100 non-L version. Great lens on a DSLR, but the AF was just hunting on my R6 and now my R6m2. The RF version is big though.

More great shots, Patrick. Some of them are rather creepy... dare I say? They do look amazing though.
But I would be very happy to get a decent shot of a butterfly for once. They just never come out right.

 

[Levina]

And some wannabees, Small and Large White(we don't have any cabbage left...):
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Amazing...

 

[pcs]

I had the EF 100 non-L version. Great lens on a DSLR, but the AF was just hunting on my R6 and now my R6m2. The RF version is big though.

More great shots, Patrick. Some of them are rather creepy... dare I say? They do look amazing though.
But I would be very happy to get a decent shot of a butterfly for once. They just never come out right.

I had the 100L, not much smaller. It did hunt more with extension rings or extender to get 1.4 x magnification(and bulkier). RF is also faster(AF)and quieter.

And I haven't even started with bugs and spiders. Thanks.

Most fly away, slowly, slowly is the trick. But at night with a lamp they seem to scare less easy.

 

[pcs]

Amazing...

Try a few cabbage plants on a balcony, you either get caterpillars or cabbage, can't miss. (dit was chinese kool, eerder bloemkool geprobeerd: zelfde probleem)
And they move very slow, much easier!

 

[Levina]

Try a few cabbage plants on a balcony, you either get caterpillars or cabbage, can't miss. (dit was chinese kool, eerder bloemkool geprobeerd: zelfde probleem)
And they move very slow, much easier!

God, I'm so glad I don't have a balcony!!!

But the slow moving bit is nice. That is always a problem with flying insects... I have a cool butterfly shot though, in flight! I'll go look for it.