Not me before you get overly excited! With the sun shining well today but quite a strong wind, I decided on my way home from work as its on the way to call into East Blean Wood, home of the rare Heath Fritillary. Sometimes I can get complacent that I have such a rare butterfly about 5 minutes from home and people travel hundreds of miles from around the country to see this delicate Fritillary, so I have to make a few visits each year to realise how lucky I am. I spent a few hours here at the weekend where I saw a good number of Heath Fritillary in the clearings near the car park and it was also nice to see other enthusiasts enjoying the butterfly in the sun. I didn't stay long tonight, in fact about 15 minutes where I didn't even leave the car park. The evening sun catches a small area in the corner of the car park and I found a couple of Heath Fritillary here. I took a few shots including a nice shot of the underwing with the wings open. I have tried to get this image a number of times before and despite all the planning, it has never come together that well. As coincidences go, it couldn't have been better tonight, a nice clean background, a nice pose with wings open and the sun shining, perfect. It would seem rude not to call in again during the week, weather permitting for a few more photo opportunities of these lovely rare butterflies.
Heath Fritillary
Excellent Mark. Love the underside shots.
ReplyDeleteThanks Bob. Tried for years for a shot like this and one falls into place right in front of me. Brilliant.
DeleteSuper shots Marc.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ian. You can plan all you like but sometimes these things just happen. One of my best underwing shots and nice to capture it in this way.
DeleteWow amazing captures Marc. It is a beauty this butterfly.
ReplyDeleteCheers Roos, it certainly is a stunner and good numbers building up as well in the wood at the moment.
DeletePhotography at it's best.
ReplyDeleteJohn and Sue