colorfulphotography - colors of the butterflies

florian-glechner (65)in #colorfulphotography • 5 years ago

On several occations i was able to take some pictures of butterflies here in Austria. Some of the pictures where taken when i was house sitting at my parents house. They have a big garden where you can find a "Butterfly Tree" where you can find several butterflies looking for nectar in summer. Other pictures where made during several hiking tours i did in Austria. The first Butterfly a Old World swallowtail i found at a hiking tour to "Dürres Eck". I wasn't prepared to find a butterfly here and it was pretty shy so always when i tried to take a picture of it with my 50mm lens it flew away. Furtunately i had my 55-300mm lens with me and i was able to catch this picture.

Colorful Butterfly - Old World swallowtail. Picture: Florian Glechner.

Camera used	Nikon D5100
Lens used	Nikor 55-300mm lens
Filter used	none
Exposure Time	1/640 Seconds
Aperture used	F5.6
Focal Lengh	300mm
Time	01:51 pm
ISO	100

One day in spring last year i did a trip near my flat and i was able to take this picture of this peacock butterfly it was resting on a meaddow, also pretty shy but with 600mm it was pretty easy to get close enough for a picture. I am already looking forward to this spring so i can take some pictures of butterflies and other animals again. And for these pictures i don't even have to drive so far away. This year i want to take some pictures of Lycaenidae Butterflies, but they are very seldom here.

peacock butterfly near my livingplace. Picture: Florian Glechner.