Green hairstreak

I've only managed to photograph this little butterfly once before, and that was with a compact (S3) so I was pleased to catch this one this afternoon with my DSLR. I had an extra pair of eyes with me which helped enormously. They're incredibly difficult to find when at rest on leaves but this one was doing his macho bit, chasing off others that got near to his perch so was less difficult to spot.
I used a 70-210 F4 with a Canon 500D close up lens.
C&C appreciated.

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Nice shots man, i followed one around myself for a half hour or so, the other day and didnt manage to capture as nice of shots.
good job


Kabbalah

Wonderful shots - really like #1 - think the rather bright areas add to the shot rather thyan detract
Brian V.

Very nice! I just got my 100mm Macro and I know what you mean about being hard following anything that flies around!

nice shot with the tricky light, not sure i've seen one of these.

nice shots!

great stuff. the lighting on it is spot on and i agree with
LordV that the bright areas add to the 1st pic.

Great captures. Not seen one of these yet.

Thanks for the comments, all.
I had a bit of trouble with the first pic not displaying the deep green colour of the butterfly in shot one, instead showing it as a sort of dull khaki. I changed the RGB mode from Adobe in the original and uploaded it again and it's ok now.

great shots love number 1

Great shots, I like the first one, this is my favorite.

Congrats

Laurent.

Fantastic shots Mike - I have never seen one of these either, what a great colour they are.

Linda

Excellent. The back-lighting didn't harm the 1st shot at all.

Thanks again all.

Really well done, eccles