Pretty butterfly!

[turlough]

Compared to flowers butterflies are incredibly tricky to photograph. They don't keep still! This morning however I managed to take two rather good pics of a Small Tortoiseshell. Click to enlarge:

Comments

[cmcmck]

So beautiful.

We get a lot of them locally and our lilac is now in bloom so I'll have to keep an eye out! :o)

[semielliptical]

I love that you can see its fuzzy body!

[yourlibrarian]

Very nice!

[shadowycat]

Those are great shots! What a beautiful butterfly. :D

[sylvaine]

Ooooooh! How entirely lovely! The colours are simply stunning!

[shirebound]

How lovely! That's a new one for me.

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[minoanmiss]

What a beautiful butterfly!

[cesy]

Gorgeous!

[turlough]

I think it might have just emerged, it looked so bright and fresh.

It's very common here too, but the weather's been so cold the last week I haven't seen many around.

[turlough]

I think it might just have emerged, it looked so fluffy and bright and fresh!

[turlough]

It was so nice to have a butterfly that kept still enough to take photos of!

[turlough]

Thank you! Small tortoiseshells are so pretty.

[turlough]

I think it might just have emerged, it looked so fluffy and brigth and fresh!

[turlough]

It's so pretty! They're very common here, possibly our most common butterfly.

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[turlough]

It was so bright and fresh-looking I think it might just have emerged.

[turlough]

I love the warm and bright colours of it!