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Orange-Tip Butterfly - Male on Nettle
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Orange-Tip Butterfly - Male on Nettle (Anthocharis cardamines)

Another Orange-Tip from another cloudy, cold, and windy Spring Day.
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Habitat
Hedgerow
Location
Cambridgeshire,UK
Date taken
15.05.2011
Scientific name
Anthocharis cardamines
Equipment used
Canon 350D, canon ef-s 55-250 IS lens
Stanley Jones
Supporter
Great capture of this beauty, it seems to have known where it would be safe. Excellent color, focus, detail, and lighting with a superb dark background. Exceptional!!!
 
Kits
So much clarity and detail in this, even down to the strands of spider's web.
 
delia todd
Staff member
Opus Editor
Supporter
That butterfly is a stunner and you've taken a superb picture of it Joe.

Well done you.

D
 

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Butterflies & Moths
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