Our area in the province is a bit hot for butterfly photography. And these butterflies do not appear in our garden in the early morning when they are just basking to dry their wings. I tried going out in the field to find them, but only a few are out early morning. I guess they are still hiding in non-accessible areas and just go out when they are ready to nectar or to find their mates. That time they are already very flighty, which fatigued my camera to the fullest. Can you imagine now the rate my drives get filled up? I told you so, i am a hoarder too, of bad photos.
What follows are just some of the few decent shots i culled from them, cropped mainly. They are all taken on Sept 3-4, 2017.
DARK BLUE TIGER, Tirumala hamata orientalis Semper 1879
Nymphalidae; Danainae; Danaini
COMMON SNOW FLAT, Tagiades japetus titus
Hesperiidae, Pyrginae, Tagiadin
DWARF CROW OR SMALL BROWN CROW, Euploea tulliolus pollita Erihson 1834 Nymphalidae; Danainae; Euploeini
GREY GLASSY TIGER, Euploea tulliolus pollita Erihson 1834
Nymphalidae; Danainae; Danaini
COMMON LIME, Papilio demoleus demoleus
(Butterfly With Disability, BWD)
COMMON MORMON, Menelaides polytes ledebouria (male)
Papilionidae, Papilioninae, Papilionini
COMMON MORMON, Menelaides polytes ledebouria (female)
Papilionidae, Papilioninae, Papilionini
SAILER, Lasippa illigera illigera Escholtz 1821
Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae; Limenitidini
TYPICAL SAILER, Neptis mindorana ilocana C. & R. Felder 1863
Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae; Limenitidini
TYPICAL SAILER, Neptis mindorana ilocana C. & R. Felder 1863
Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae; Limenitidini
THREE-SPOT GRASS YELLOW, Eurema blanda visellia Fruhstorfer 1910
Pieridae; Coliadinae
BUSHBROWN, Mycalesis igoleta igoleta C. & R. Felder 1863
Nymphalidae; Satyrinae
SCARLET MORMON, Menelaides deiphobus rumanzovia Eschscholtz 1821
Papilionidae; Papilioninae; Papilionini
GREAT EGGFLY, Hypolimnas bolina philippensis ♀ Butler 1874
Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae; Nymphaliini
GREAT EGGFLY, Hypolimnas bolina philippensis ♂ Butler 1874
Nymphalidae; Nymphalinae; Nymphaliini
LEMON EMIGRANT, Catopsila pomona pomona ♂ form hilaria Fabricius 1775
Pieridae; Coliadinae
What follows are some of the better photos from the plenty of shots i am telling you about. These are cropped, but most of those left in my drives are not croppable. An instance is that after properly focusing, it suddenly leaps when you press the shutter. You are then left with a blurred photo or a twisted butterfly which does not sometimes resemble one! They are a bit funny, yet i really cannot fully delete them.
a crow, a common mormon and a lemon emigrant
a common mormon which almost reaches the ceiling when flying
an eggfly, a common mormon and a blurred skipper at the middle
both common mormons
Because it is too far, you cannot even see where the butterfly is, yet it will not be nice when cropped! So do you suggest that i delete all of the last 3 photos?
Wow! The scarlet Mormon is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteThanks much Sharon for dropping by!
DeleteI am just jealous on the variety of beautiful butterflies you have. The Great Eggfly, the Scarlet Mormon and the Dark Blue Tiger are wonderful, but also the others. Haha, a hoarder of butterfly photos, well I also have problems to delete photos. At least I should keep the middle one of the three last photos, because these flowers are gorgeous.
ReplyDeletehahaha hi Judy. I am laughing at your comment, i know most photo-hobbyists have the same problem with me. At least i only do photographing them on weekends, or else i might end up with piles and piles of external drives! I have a butterfly hobbyist in Scotland and he always comment also on my FB butterfly posts, especially while they have winter.
DeleteHello, I enjoyed all your butterflies and lovely photos. You captured them beautifully. I have been trying to delete a lot of my files, my external drives are getting crowded. Happy Monday, enjoy your new week!
ReplyDeleteYes i am sure you also have the same problems like me, you are also doing lots of birds and travel photos. I always want to do deleting, but seems always need more time. Thanks for your kind words about my photos.
DeleteThose are glorious photos! I know what you mean about the large quantities of photos and deciding which ones to use. Usually our daytime temperatures are quite pleasant and great for photography, but lately we've been having record heat for this time of year so it's not as pleasant. You have an amazing diversity of butterfly species, and they're all stunningly beautiful!
ReplyDeleteHi Beth, yes we do have moderate number of species in my area. At the moment i already have photographed 57 species and there still are a few which i didn't include because i still haven't taken their photos. Thanks for always coming here!
DeleteAmazingly beautiful shots.
ReplyDeleteThanks Lady Fi.
DeleteOh my goodness such beautiful butterfly photos Andrea! And such beautiful flowers too. Coming over from nature notes and wishing you a wonderful day!
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by too, Wen Green, i do hope you visit again.
DeleteYou certainly have viewed a lot of butterflies in your lifetime. And the photographs are excellent. I am in awe.
ReplyDeleteOh thanks so much for your kind words, that certainly is inspiring coming from you! Thanks always for dropping by.
DeleteOh so happy to see butterflies as we head into fall here and there won't be anymore. I know it's hard to get photos as they are always on the move Andrea...Michelle
ReplyDeleteOh yes Michelle, they are more difficult here in the hot tropics. In our colder temps in the highlands of the Cordilleras they are so slow, you can even let them alight on your hands. My friend says they have difficulty to fly because of their heavy jackets, as it is cold there.
DeleteThese are amazing shots. My favorites are the Dark Blue Tiger and the Scarlet Mormon. I was also impressed that you included the Butterfly with Disability - well done. And to that point, I think you should keep your photos - sometimes the failed ones are also beautiful or show the context for the close-up shots.
ReplyDeleteThanks Angie, i am always thinking that the unused photos will have some use some day, though i don't know when that day comes.
DeleteI have the same problem! When visiting the London Zoo I took a whole bunch of photos while sitting there in the butterfly habitat but never got a really clear shot. But, like you, I kept most of them (I did delete some). You have some simply gorgeous shots of these beautiful butterflies - well done!
ReplyDeleteHaha maybe it is a common characteristics for us, photo hoarding. Thanks for your kind words
DeleteHow wonderful to have these beauties around! I have only seen a few of them in a butterfly house.
ReplyDeleteMost butterflies are tropical, but i am sure you also have them there too because even UK and Scotland have a lot.
DeleteWarm greetings from Montreal, Canada! Your photos are absolutely stunning! Thank you so much for sharing all this beauty! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Linda. I wonder what your warm temperature is because our 25C is already colder as we are normally above 30C, hahaha!
DeleteHi Andrea,
ReplyDeleteNow that I go on facebook more often I don't have so much time to go on my blog!! I am going to make more of an effort to post on my blog, though!!
I, too, have loads of blurred pictures of butterflies. I used to keep many of them but more recently I have been a bit better at deleting those I don't need. I usually take several pictures of the same butterfly and then delete most of the pictures, keeping the best one or two. With more common butterflies that I see in Scotland I delete maybe 80% of what I take. However, when I go on holiday and take pictures of butterflies that I am not familiar with I tend to keep 80%, particularly when I am not sure of their identity.
I would certainly keep all of the pictures you have shown here.
Hahaha i am happy that many of my blogger friends who read this post at least realized they are photo hoarders or not, so do something about it. I want to do what you did, but when i am looking at the photos it certainly is very difficult to decide which to delete and which to keep if they are almost of the same quality. But if i have more time, i will also be able to let go most of them. Thanks.
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