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Bumblebees and Butterflies

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Yesterday I went for a nice long walk to get over my fatigue from Friday night’s fun. Much of it was spent chasing bumble bees and butterflies with my camera, a somewhat Zen activity which I find to be relaxing. Zen because with digital technology, you can focus and follow the insect with the little screen which means that you have both your viewpoint and the camera’s. This gives a feeling of being very much in touch with it, which is one of those odd things.

The bumblebees are relatively easy subjects, meaning that getting pictures of them is not hard. Getting a good one is mostly a matter of luck as far as I’m concerned. The delay between taking the picture and the actual moment the camera takes the picture is big enough that if the bug flies away, it’s gone.



The butterflies are difficult, all the more if there is a good wind like there was yesterday. Unlike the bumblebees who don’t seem to pay much attention to what is going on around them, they remain on their guards and easily take off when you get too close. Then the wind catches them and blows them far away.
Remaining calm and moving slowly seems the best/only way to get a decent shot unless it is trapped in the grass like this one.

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