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    Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 1:06pm
Couple of butterflys this morning as nought else about butter flys seem very non posing critturs keep flitting away at the slightest air pressure change or shadows all these were snapped from about 9feet away   keith









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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Liz Heard Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 19 Jul 2011 at 4:48pm
hi keith

nice range of beauties - thanks for sharing.

was looking for these earlier;



but also spotted this;


that was taken a bit closer than yours - 6" away!

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I saw 4 marbled whites today on a heath but too flighty to photograph.
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good shots Ben & Suzy as you say they are very flighty just get them focused an their off keith
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marbles are my faves suz - like our answer to the amazing Apollo. but then ive never seen a Swallowtail. do you see them much Keith?

2 more for this collection from the garden this pm;



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Hi ben I think I see one once but it was all to fast to be a definite sighting of a swallowtail ,you need the snap for the proof keith
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Once saw a swallowtail at Wicken Fen Cambridge in the early 1970s. 
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great pics guys. i have tried but haven't managed a single butterfly pic yet...much too flighty!

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Hi Tim these were taken with 70/300mm zoom from about 9 feet not with macro close up so did not need to be too close.keith
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Hey,
 
last year I saw a Camberwell Beauty over EF and I followed it for about an hour hoping it would come below about forty feet but not once Cry
 
Ben I really like that pic of the two grassies, is that one pic or did you stitch two separate ones together? If its one, it's great that they stayed still for you like that, they're a great snake, true posers!
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