Fratillary on Blanketflower

Posted by Earnest (Oklahoma, United States) on 28 January 2008 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.

Not the perfect flower and not the prettiest butterfly but in the late summer when the grass was turning brown I was glad to get this shot.

Comments (5)

Kaddy from Mumbai, India

Beautiful shot... the butterfly is very pretty... I want to know how you people catch a shot of these things, I am never able to catch one.. i have tried so many times!! Congratulations on this shot!!

28 Jan 2008 3:08am

@Kaddy: Thanks, Kaddy. Well, all I can tell you is the digital camera makes it possible with maybe one shot like this for every ten attempted. Keep trying... stealth, and patience, is all it takes... ;-)

ManuelaR from Hainburg, Germany

Congrats, this is pretty and so colourful!

28 Jan 2008 8:50am

Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom

Over here, our local Fritillaries seem to be the hardest butterflies to get close to, and Iv'e never got as close as you have. Hats off to you for getting close enough.

28 Jan 2008 7:03pm

@Richard_Irwin: Thanks for the comment, Richard. I chased (walked slowly) all over the field to get this one... finally.