Spring garden butterflies
The local Plymouth weather has been damp and disgusting over the last few weeks but over the weekend we've had a break and the sun shone for a change. Out at The Garden House on Friday I was down by a little, bank by the North boundary. We encourage wildlife in the garden and this little area was filled with dandelions, ideal nectar sources for overwintering butterflies emerging from hibernation.
I captured these three within 2 minutes.
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Brimstone butterfly, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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| Comma butterfly, Polygonia c-album |
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| Peacock butterfly, Aglais io |
All were taken with the 40-150mm f2.8 Pro, at ISO 800 and f4. I've used Lightroom denoise on the Peacock and Brimstone, though, at ISO 800 on the EM1 Mkii, they produced acceptable noise results without but gave a slightly smoother background and a little detail enhancement on the subjects. With the bright but hazy light on the day I was working between 1/2500 and 1/5000 of a second, more than fast enough to freeze any movement in the slight breeze. As I've found in the previous couple of years this combination of close focusing Olympus Pro zoom and EM1 Mkii are ideal for handheld photography of larger butterflies. Add in Denoise and I'm feeling confident that I can go up to 3200 ISO and still get good, publishable results.
Looking forward to the summer!
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