AWARDS: ENGLAND / WILTSHIRE / LAKE DISTRICT / WALES / SCOTLAND / COAST OF S.W. ENGLAND / COAST / STORMS / LAKES & MOUNTAINS / WINTER LANDSCAPES / DESERTS / ASTROPHOTOGRAPHY / BRITISH BIRDS 1 / BRITISH BIRDS 2 / BRITISH MAMMALS / BRITISH INSECTS / WORLD BIRDS / WORLD MAMMALS / NATURE
DARK GREEN FRITILLARY
A widespread butterfly of open grassland habitats, the dark green fritillary is nonetheless hard to photograph as it flies strongly and does not rest for long. I captured this photograph on a steep hillside at Trentishoe Coombe in western Exmoor using a 300mm lens. Because I was looking down towards the thistles where the fritillaries were feeding, I was able to photograph the upperside with its wings almost parallel to my plane of focus and the background diffuse.
F/11, 1/100th second, ISO 1600
Accepted: Welsh International 2016
