Butterfly Girl and Flower

[Phil T]

A couple from Longleat recently...

Inside the butterfly farm...

and outside...

 

[Ladybird]

very nice! love no1, the transparent wings are gorgeous! there are some of those butterflies in the Bedford butterfly farm, but i couldn't get close enough :bonk:

 

[Inkblots]

Wow man, nice shots. What lens? Settings?

 

[Phil T]

Both taken on Aperture with kit Nikon lens 18-135; f5.6 on butterfly, f11 on flower, 400 ISO on both.
Thanks for the comments - I'm just upgrading the lens to the Sigma f2.8 24-70 so look forward to playing with that as comparison.

 

[moomike]

Nice shots Phil, think that the 1st would have been slightly improved were the girl looking at the butterfly (just IMO) & I really like the 2nd shot, great colours & the background is excellent - the border doesn't quite work for me though, think white with a black stroke would enhance the subject a bit more