Happily Ever After

Life in The Rural Retreat with a beautiful wife, three cats, garden wildlife, a camera, a computer – and increasing amounts about running

Earlier posts can be found on Adventures of a Lone Bass Player, where this blog began life. Recent entries can be found here.

Chasing Butterflies

by admin - 20:11 on 28 July 2014

Catching butterflies with a camera is a lot more difficult (I imagine) than with a net and a jar of chloroform. Many fluttered by me today but as few chose to rest within a sensible distance it's been difficult to name most of them.

One identification was made, of a Scotch Argus – one of a large number of species I've not yet been able to add to my digital collection and possibly the first I've seen of this one. The snap was not of a quality to share but good enough to compare with the one in my butterfly guide.

I already have a Small Tortoiseshell in the collection but the one that came to rest on what I believe is part of some ancient butter-making equipment outside our nearby ruined steading was too good to ignore.

And when all else fails I can always rely on cats to provide a photogenic pose.

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