Queen of Spain Fritillary

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

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.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

Nice to see this Abhishek. so how did your Himalayan odyssey go??
TFS
Roopak

[Mrudul Godbole]

Lovely sighting. Nice to see this species. The colours have come out well, especially the ones on the body. Good details and sharpness. Thanks for sharing.

[Abhishek Jamalabad]

Thanks Mrudul and Roopak.

Roopak: It was certainly out of the ordinary ... Have been meaning to write down a trip report, but been very busy since I got back. Maybe in a while.