Picture a day - Mourning Gray
This morning, mother nature kissed me and sent a pleasant #macro photography subject : the ringlet, an elegant day butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus -- a very well-spread specie for Europe) settled down right in front of me to rest on a fern leaf. Both subjects look great individually, but together, it turned out a real eye-catcher! The diffused light also helped a bit. Cool morning air provided the butterfly remained perfectly still and posed for me, rather than fluttering around, changing locations every minute as they used to.
All in all, it was a pure luck! But luck comes to those who walk out into a fields with a camera and carefully look around, including from their knees, rather than sit in a hammock sipping a root beer :)
Сегодня утром природа улыбнулась мне и послала приятный сюжет для макро фотографии: элегантная серая бархатница (она же "глазок чёрно-бурый", латинское имя Aphantopus hyperantus) присела отдохнуть на лист папоротника; оба сюжета и по отдельности выгодно смотрятся, а вместе получился огонь!. Ну и рассеянный утренний свет тоже поспособствовал. Утренняя прохлада позаботилась о том чтобы бабочка замерла и отменно мне попозировала, а не порхала меняя локацию каждую минуту.
В общем, мне повезло! Но как известно, везет тому, кто ходит по полям с камерой и внимательно смотрит по сторонам, в том числе с высоты своих коленок, а не сидит с пивком в гамаке :)
My post goes for Photofeed #macro photography challenge, Round 176
| location: | Vyritza, Russia | June 2026 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Sigma 150mm | raw-conv |
| t 1/320 | f/2.8 | ISO 400 |
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