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A red Admiral butterfly on a leaf. I got some good sharp shots of this
little beastie with its wings folded. I wanted a shot of it with the
wings open and so followed it around because it would land, walk around
with its wings open for a few moments, then close its wings when it was
sure of the footing.
So I followed it with the aperture set to f2 to maximise the shutter speed
as I was shooting hand held without a flash and new I would have to rush
the shot a bit.
Unfortunately I stuffed it completely. I was too slow to catch it at the
moment the wings were nearly flat and it had started to close it's wings.
I usually try to get the head and antennae in focus but decided to try
for the wings.
There are two aspects of bokeh that grab me in this shot, The beautiful
smooth transition of focus on the leaf to the immediate right of the
butterfly and the smooth palette of colours in the background.
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