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For anyone who has not seen my 52 thread, I am capturing a year in the life of an English country garden. Click here to see the first half of the year.
Or, click here to see last week's photos.
This week I have been practising on the butterflies, of which there are hundreds, with little success. I will not bother to post most of them. I was very pleased to chalk up another first for the garden - a purple emperor, which I have never even heard of. Sadly no decent photo.
My first shot is a Ringlet. I was a bit annoyed by the overlapping green bit on bottom right.
Next is, I think, a large white. If I am wrong, please let me know.
I wanted to post one in a different pose, so here is another silver-washed fritillary.
Last night I was very excited to see a really beautiful moth on the office window, one I have never seen before. As usual, taking moth photos in the pitch black is not very easy, but I was reasonably pleased with this shot.
Next, a bit boring, I know, but this is a wild onion, sometimes called Crow Garlic. I find these really ugly wild flowers rather intriguing.
Finally, it's that time of year again when the grasshoppers visit. We usually find them all over the house for a week or two each year. I am not sure whether it is a Common Green or a Field Grasshopper. If anyone can confirm the ID I would be very grateful.
I took several photos and tried one face on and also another face on at a slight angle, but I think this one worked best, even if the composition is a bit boring.
So, a rather disappointing week photographically. I hope next week is better.
C&C is very muich appreciated.
Jenny
Or, click here to see last week's photos.
This week I have been practising on the butterflies, of which there are hundreds, with little success. I will not bother to post most of them. I was very pleased to chalk up another first for the garden - a purple emperor, which I have never even heard of. Sadly no decent photo.
My first shot is a Ringlet. I was a bit annoyed by the overlapping green bit on bottom right.
![Img_3906b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-country-garden.com%2Fimages%2F52%2FImg_3906b.jpg&hash=36f72f8178cee46bf8e56009c495a44b)
Next is, I think, a large white. If I am wrong, please let me know.
![Img_3326b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-country-garden.com%2Fimages%2F52%2FImg_3326b.jpg&hash=61aa0bf443526c9ed9052914bbe17292)
I wanted to post one in a different pose, so here is another silver-washed fritillary.
![Img_3717b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-country-garden.com%2Fimages%2F52%2FImg_3717b.jpg&hash=4dd7eab992a0eac381516dff90032179)
Last night I was very excited to see a really beautiful moth on the office window, one I have never seen before. As usual, taking moth photos in the pitch black is not very easy, but I was reasonably pleased with this shot.
![Cimg0945b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-country-garden.com%2Fimages%2F52%2FCimg0945b.jpg&hash=6e9b1d79d90fc6b0484ee8b4a212fe6e)
Next, a bit boring, I know, but this is a wild onion, sometimes called Crow Garlic. I find these really ugly wild flowers rather intriguing.
![Img_3643b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-country-garden.com%2Fimages%2F52%2FImg_3643b.jpg&hash=9f304e66dea659be3eed33bcdd73d06e)
Finally, it's that time of year again when the grasshoppers visit. We usually find them all over the house for a week or two each year. I am not sure whether it is a Common Green or a Field Grasshopper. If anyone can confirm the ID I would be very grateful.
I took several photos and tried one face on and also another face on at a slight angle, but I think this one worked best, even if the composition is a bit boring.
![Img_3253b.jpg](/proxy.php?image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.english-country-garden.com%2Fimages%2F52%2FImg_3253b.jpg&hash=3edb95e49bd3fe3370fc401a01616ff7)
So, a rather disappointing week photographically. I hope next week is better.
C&C is very muich appreciated.
Jenny
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