Butterflies: the Purple Hairstreak
Purple Hairstreak (Neozephyrus quercus)
This tiny butterfly lives high up in oak trees, but often comes to eat on alder buckthorn, and it never sits on the ground or on low branches. So, this photo required some tree-climbing:
Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/100s, one-handed
This photo is at the very edge of dynamic range of the sensor, but it turned out OK.
Here's a photo of one eating:
Olympus XZ-1, 112mm, ISO100, f8, 1/200s, one-handed
Same climbing antics required.
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Amazing pics, particularly when you consider you are hanging about in a tree with one hand. Don't fall out, one of the occupational hazards to be heavily avoided.
Thanks.
I try to avoid falling out, I really do.
That turned out fantastic!
Thanks!