Graduating to a grown-up camera

Oh dear. It had to eventually happen. I've finally had enough of my out-of-focus iPhone pics and succumbed to a proper camera of the dslr variety. So a short butterflying sortie was planned for this morning for practice. I'm fairly pleased with the results. I've yet to work out what to do about processing so these are unadulterated.


Crab Spider lurking in Bluebells


Pearl-bordered Fritillary


Pearl-bordered Fritillary


Some sort of hoverfly. Answers welcome.

Duke of Burgundy

So a successful morning's work. Alarmingly I'm only just starting to work out the sheer expense of memory cards and bits and monopods and lenses and other stuff that's needed to do a good job. Sigh.

This evening is National Moth Night, so I'm about to wander off to Perivale Woods with the Robinson. I predict lots of moff pics in the morning.