Abhishek Jamalabad
09-05-2014, 10:45 AM
Queen of Spain fritillary (Issoria lathonia)
A high altitude butterfly of the Himalayas, with a wingspan of about 5cm. Clicked at Jalori, Himachal Pradesh in an alpine meadow partly covered in snow. Skittish and a very fast flier, this is the only decent image I could make, when it settled for a moment and allowed me to creep up to about 2 feet working distance. Regret the low DOF, I was too afraid to sacrifice any more shutter speed!
Canon 500D, Canon 100mm Macro USM
SS 1/500
Av 9.0
ISO 800
EC +0.7
Full frame
Thanks, C&C welcome.
A high altitude butterfly of the Himalayas, with a wingspan of about 5cm. Clicked at Jalori, Himachal Pradesh in an alpine meadow partly covered in snow. Skittish and a very fast flier, this is the only decent image I could make, when it settled for a moment and allowed me to creep up to about 2 feet working distance. Regret the low DOF, I was too afraid to sacrifice any more shutter speed!
Canon 500D, Canon 100mm Macro USM
SS 1/500
Av 9.0
ISO 800
EC +0.7
Full frame
Thanks, C&C welcome.