#FotoVorschlag 'Mein bestes Foto 2025'

Handwerklich vielleicht nicht das beste des Jahres, aber auf jeden Fall eins der schönsten in meiner Sammlung, aufgenommen am 19. Juli 2025.

Melanargia galathea oder auch Schachbrettfalter

#insects #insect #nature #naturephotography #macro #macrophotography #natur #naturfotografie #butterfly #butterflies #arthropods #schachbrettfalter #melanargiagalathea #marbledwhite #schmetterling #schmetterlinge

#nature #photography #macro #butterfly #marbledwhite #schachbrettfalter #animal #animals #insect #bokeh #darktable #agx #waldviertel #austria #niederösterreich

#nature #photography #animal #animals #insect #butterfly #marbledwhite #bokeh #macro #darktable #agx #waldviertel #niederösterreich #austria #thayatal #hiking

To wrap today's butterfly bonanza, here are a couple Marbled White butterflies, on different plant material, a bramble flower and walnut leaf.
#Auvergne
#France
#marbledwhite
#Melanargia
#butterfly

#Tagpfauenauge
#PeacockButterfly
#AglaisIo
#Schachbrettfalter
#MarbledWhite
#MelanargiaGalathea
#Kohlweissling
#SmallWhite
#PierisRapae
#Schmetterling
#Butterfly
#MacroPhotography
#NatureLovers
#WildlifePerfection
#ButterfliesOfInstagram
#NaturePhotography
#InsectLove
#Nymphalidae
#Satyrinae
#Pieridae

[16-06-2025]

While M. galathea can be encountered virtually everywhere right now, my 700D's reaching its limits in shady spots and during cloudy days (or both). This shot's RAW image actually is quite underexposed & my custom preset made it even worse, so I had to settle with some minimal manual editing & the purchase of my dream camera, which I've been eyeing for 10 years.

(My 700D won't go anywhere, don't worry.)

#Lepidoptera #Butterfly #MarbledWhite #Insect #Nature

[Archive – 27/29-06-2024]

Just a day after my first brief hospital stay this Melanargia galathea made its very first appearance in my yard and wasn't the only species to do so during those three weeks I had to take it a little easier. On the 29th, just two days later, a single Thymelicus acteon, a species I last saw during the drought back in 2022, returned and pretty much let me know about it "in person" BUT in such a way I only managed to take a lazy but clear iPhone shot of it*. It‘s kind of funny to think about how my yard, which is largely unsuited for most of my local butterfly species, attracted two new species while I was unable to stick to my field trip routine.

(* I do have a Canon shot of it as well but it‘s as decent as you can imagine.)

#lepidoptera #butterflies #marbledwhite #lulworthskipper #germany #canoneos700d #iphone6s