Remarkable Butterfly Photos (Daily Mail)

Thought these were well worth sharing. Link Gorgeous butterflies are captured landing on flowers across British countryside in stunning pictures | Daily Mail Online

Yes, astounding, innovative photos! I did wonder wonder whether Dr Brackenbury actually lay waiting in the grass at 'likely locations' or had some some automatic camera that he could trigger remotely. Googling him, I've not seen any references to 'remote triggering'.

 

At photocrowd you can see the set up for a couple his photos.

Basically, these seem to be:

Nikon D800

Single-shot high - speed image using custom-made 2.7 mm lens.

Ambient light.

1/6400 s exposure.

 

 

Thanks for sharing these, Sandy!

 

Mike

Great pictures with very wide angle lenses. Quite a different perspective from what we used to see in butterfly pictures.

Beautiful photos.

 

I would love to see his camera setup, especially his lens. If he did use a Nikon D800, a 2.7mm focal length lens would need relay lenses in order for it to focus so close, and rely on depth of field to extend to infinity.

Hmm... I bet he cut out

photos of butterflies and

pasted them in the flower

photos...

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I once got down on the ground to photograph insects. Should have paid more attention to where I was, as I ended up with a nice poison ivy rash. Hopefully the good Doctor didn't suffer the same fate.

Hmm... I bet he cut out

photos of butterflies and

pasted them in the flower

photos...

 

I'm sure they must be for real, but they somehow remind me of Conan Doyle's fairy pictures

The author was basically a footnote - the girls took the photos!

The author was basically a footnote - the girls took the photos!

But it was Conan Doyle that made them "famous" - anyway it's clear if you read the wiki and other articles on the subject.

Wonderful.

 

So close, so surreal. so magical.

 

Thanks.