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I saw the female settle on a plant and adopt a receptive pose. A male hovered over her. For the uninitiated, only the male has the orange tips to its wings. This species flies and mates in our garden every year but I have yet to find eggs or larvae.

By the time I returned with my camera the male had gone and the female was airborne. She then started to feed on the nectar of various garden flowers. I was pleased that the first plant she visited was the larval foodplant, Jack By The Hedge or Garlic Mustard Alliaria petiolata. (All arial parts of the plant are edible uncooked, as a salad constituent).

I decided to go for daylight exposures in the sunlight. After the visit to the Alliaria she moved to the flowers of Honesty, very attractive to nectar-feeding insects.

Olympus EM-1, Olympus 4/3 50mm macro, hand-held. F11 at ISO 400.

I started with AF but found it wasted too much time and changed to MF.

Harold





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May 07, 2017 at 12:36 AM
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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · Female Orange Tip Feeding


Very nicely done Harold. 3 and 5 stand out ~ Ron


May 07, 2017 at 06:36 AM
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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · Female Orange Tip Feeding


The last is my pick as it has the least busy background Harold

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May 07, 2017 at 06:44 AM
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surfnron wrote:
Very nicely done Harold. 3 and 5 stand out ~ Ron


Thanks, Ron.

morris wrote:
The last is my pick as it has the least busy background Harold

Morris


Thanks, Morris.

Most of the foregrounds were a bit too busy too. A bit of cropping and cloning helped.

The trouble is that insects are attracted to crucifers but crucifers have lots of flowers and associated foliage. There are other garden plants too.

Harold



May 07, 2017 at 08:32 AM
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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · Female Orange Tip Feeding


Nice shots Harold, and informative post.


May 07, 2017 at 09:55 AM
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Very lovely shots Harold, love the natural light on this beautiful butterfly.

Birdie



May 08, 2017 at 07:56 AM
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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · Female Orange Tip Feeding


Good captures Harold.
Brian v.



May 09, 2017 at 12:20 AM
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MarkB1 wrote:
Nice shots Harold, and informative post.


birdied wrote:
Very lovely shots Harold, love the natural light on this beautiful butterfly.

Birdie


LordV wrote:
Good captures Harold.
Brian v.


Thanks, everyone.

Harold



May 09, 2017 at 02:45 PM





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