Skippers

Here are two skippers I shot on some of our flowers. C&C welcome.

I originally posted on Nature & Animals and didn't get much response. I'm not sure if it's because they are better suited to Macro or if they're just dull photos. Feel free to let me know.

??? (Anyone know this one?) Skipper on Lavender

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Hi Carl. Met you over in the "other place." I would have cropped these a little. Love the skipper - once they are busy feeding, you can get really close.
Good luck.
David

Very nice, especially like the first. What sort of settings/flash were used?

Lovely shots. Like them both.

I disagree on cropping them. I like them just as they are with a bit of the environment to add interest. I've never seen the second species before. What a pretty little insect.
The first shot is a european skipper. They were accidently introduced to Canada in 1910 by eggs in imported grass seed - we call them essex skippers in the UK.

Lovely shots of them both. #2 is a pretty little thing. Beautifully captured

Linda

scrumpy wrote in post #3525551
Hi Carl. Met you over in the "other place." I would have cropped these a little. Love the skipper - once they are busy feeding, you can get really close. Good luck. David

Thanks David for the comments and advice to post here. Sometimes I get stuck with the cropping between wanting a detail shot which shows off more technical ability, and a wider crop which favors the artistic senses.

lungdoc wrote in post #3525687
Very nice, especially like the first. What sort of settings/flash were used?

Thanks Mark. - 100mm | iso400 | f/6.3 | 1/500 | No Flash - I did dodge the Silver-spotted a bit in PS CS3.

skylab wrote in post #3525720
Lovely shots. Like them both.

Thanks Brian.

eccles wrote in post #3526951
I disagree on cropping them. I like them just as they are with a bit of the environment to add interest. I've never seen the second species before. What a pretty little insect.

The first shot is a european skipper. They were accidently introduced to Canada in 1910 by eggs in imported grass seed - we call them essex skippers in the UK.

Thanks eccles. I strongly suspected the European Skipper based on the photo in my Audubon Guide, but my wife misread the range and I accepted her answer that they weren't found around here.

LindaB wrote in post #3526973
Lovely shots of them both. #2 is a pretty little thing. Beautifully captured. Linda

And thank you too Linda.