Tuesday 25 September 2012

Red Squirrel

Red Squirrel by Linda Yarrow
Red Squirrel, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

We had to take our car in for service and MOT so we walked into Poole and took a boat trip to Brownsea Island while our car was being done.  We saw several Red Squirrels about.  This one was quite happy for me to take pictures of it while eating the berries from the Yew tree. 

Saturday 8 September 2012

Adonis Blue butterfly

Adonis Blue butterfly by Linda Yarrow
Adonis Blue butterfly, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.
Yesterday the Adonis Blue butterfly was out in large numbers on Fontmell Down, Dorset Wildlife Trust nature reserve.  It is a beautiful little butterfly, I took over a hundred pictures of it, chasing them here and there.  I wanted to capture the colour of its wings when the light catches it, turning the blue from dull grayish blue to shimmering turquoise.  Scroll down, you will see in the second picture the colour is a dull blue.  The same butterfly on the same flower, as it turned around on the flower in the third picture, the light catching its wing changing the dull blue to the shimmering turquoise.  These moments are brief, I had to be quick to catch that moment.

Adonis Blue butterfly

Adonis Blue butterfly by Linda Yarrow
Adonis Blue butterfly, a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.

 

Adonis Blue butterfly

Adonis Blue butterfly  by Linda Yarrow
Adonis Blue butterfly , a photo by Linda Yarrow on Flickr.