Small Tortoiseshell - Aglais urticae

Sam,

This is a very nice shot using a zoom lens.

The rich colored environment and beautiful butterfly is presented well.

Best Regards,  Mike

Mike,

the only way to make kind of macro images of insects which move a lot, is with a telelens and fixing them with automatic focussing while trying to follow them.

Only copulating critters usually sit very still and then a real macro lens can be used.

Thanks very much for your comments.

cheers

Sam