Butterflies & Moths – Taken on 35mm slides
A great subject to start your wildlife photography with, their easy to find and with patience and time you can get real close to them especially if thier feeding. The back garden is a great place to start if you have a buddlia bush, or a trip to the local nature reserve will give you a greater variety in cluding the browns and skippers.
Insects can provide a wonderful array of subjects to the photographer. Butterflies are superb for their vast array of colours & shapes. Many can be found in our gardens but the rare species involve some serious tracking down and even trips over to Europe are required to see many species that were once common in the UK 100years ago like the Black Veined Whites for example. To take good insects shots you will need a macro Lens capable of 1:1 reproduction a good flash, mounted to the side and a Good SLR, preferably Digital so you can erase shots that are no good and carry on in the knowledge you have got the desired image.
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