Living Nature Corner

As usual, I set out with my camera into nature on Saturday without even guessing what I would come back with. Will it be birds, butterflies, snakes, or primroses? You never know. I can never be sure whether I will bring back photos of a roe deer or a hawk from the feeding spot in the woods. Or whether I will bring back a woodpecker or a squirrel from the bird place.

By the way, squirrel.

Of course, it's spring, there is plenty of bird food in nature, so the birds are not interested in the feeders. Instead, a squirrel came and stuffed itself with sunflower seeds.

However, it was the butterflies' turn as well. The first to pose was the ballerina—the peacock butterfly. For those interested in technical details, it was photographed with a 600 mm telephoto lens from a distance of 3.7 meters. The advantage of such photography is that you don't have to get close to the butterfly, so you don't scare it away. The downside is that this setup is heavy as hell, and if you don't have a tripod, your hands can easily shake.

The other two butterflies are the Orange Tip Butterfly and the Comma Butterfly.

The male of this white has striking orange tips on its wings, but I only managed to photograph the female, which is less conspicuous.

And even though it’s spring, and most butterflies are freshly hatched, the one with tattered wings looks like it has already been through something.

The last representative of the wildlife here is the Common Rose Chafer. It doesn't look great in the photo, but in reality, illuminated by the midday sun, it looked like a small gemstone on a wild garlic leaf.