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Paired Silver Spotted Skippers,

These butterflies only occur on a few UK sites. To get a mating pair and on a scabious flower head was a bonus

These butterflies only occur on a few UK sites. To get a mating pair and on a scabious flower head was a bonus
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NIKON D7100

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Behind The Lens

Location

Aston Rowant Nature Reserve, Buckinghamshire

Time

Early Afternoon

Lighting

Not really, the natural light happened to be excellent for this type of photography

Equipment

Nikon D7100 with Sigma 70-300mm lens

Inspiration

I have photographed all the British resident species of butterflies. The Silver spotted Skipper is quite rare and only appears on limited sites in southern England. I am convinced you won't see many photos of this species mating!

Editing

I used adobe photoshop 4 for this shot. I always check the histogram and overall exposure for PDI (projected digital imaging). I might tweek the exposure up if doing a print as that seem to work for me.

In my camera bag

Nikon D7100 + 18-105, +70-300.Sigma Occasionally 10-20mm sigma If "Birding" 300mm F4 Nikkor, or 150-600 Tamron

Feedback

Lots of research, favourable weather and luck!

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Paired Silver Spotted Skippers,