Picture a day - Mourning Gray
This morning, mother nature kissed me and sent a pleasant #macro photography subject : the ringlet, an elegant day butterfly (Aphantopus hyperantus -- a very well-spread specie for Europe) settled down right in front of me to rest on a fern leaf. Both subjects look great individually, but together, it turned out a real eye-catcher! The diffused light also helped a bit. Cool morning air provided the butterfly remained perfectly still and posed for me, rather than fluttering around, changing locations every minute as they used to.
All in all, it was a pure luck! But luck comes to those who walk out into a fields with a camera and carefully look around, including from their knees, rather than sit in a hammock sipping a root beer :)
Сегодня утром природа улыбнулась мне и послала приятный сюжет для макро фотографии: элегантная серая бархатница (она же "глазок чёрно-бурый", латинское имя Aphantopus hyperantus) присела отдохнуть на лист папоротника; оба сюжета и по отдельности выгодно смотрятся, а вместе получился огонь!. Ну и рассеянный утренний свет тоже поспособствовал. Утренняя прохлада позаботилась о том чтобы бабочка замерла и отменно мне попозировала, а не порхала меняя локацию каждую минуту.
В общем, мне повезло! Но как известно, везет тому, кто ходит по полям с камерой и внимательно смотрит по сторонам, в том числе с высоты своих коленок, а не сидит с пивком в гамаке :)
My post goes for Photofeed #macro photography challenge, Round 176
| location: | Vyritza, Russia | June 2026 | natural light |
| camera/lens: | Canon 5dm3 | Sigma 150mm | raw-conv |
| t 1/320 | f/2.8 | ISO 400 |
!BEER
Да, это и правда подвезло тебе, что бабочка позировала тебе так.
!discovery
Lovely shot!
Yeah, an ordinary butterfly but a good combination of background/light. Happy about it myself too. ☘️ !PIZZA and !BEER
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it is very beautiful
nature is a master at putting colors together harmoniously
you are absolutely correct -- I observed this many times. even the not-so-beautiful artificial colours, human-hands-created, nature can rework and balance back to perfect combinations (and always does).
Have a nice day, and some Hive !BEER 🙏
that is such a great shot! I love the composition, colors, how the white margin on the winds is prominent, when otherwise might not have been noticed. I can't tell if the creature was above you or not. Lots of interest in this photo. You truly were blessed at that moment. Nice!
Meowww! ☘️ Thankie for all the compliments, I am very happy with it too -- that why counted it as [best] picture of a day and sent to my blog almost momentarily (and did not hide it inside a bigger post) 😎
Let me share with you some Hive !PIZZA
Yum! thanks.
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Very much appreaciated 🙏 Namaste, nothing but !LUV
You can only see beauty of nature if you pause to look. This was a good find. Stunning shot.
!BBH
My pleasure! glad you enoyed the visuals.
!BEER
Great macro shot, not easy to catch that creature holding still! And the contrast with the green background is incredible. Very well done!
!BEER
!PIZZA
My luck, as I said. Glad you enjoyed the visual - lets share !BEER, and maybe I have some !PIZZA left as well. 😎
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I totally agree with you that mother nature made your day with the "gift" of the beautiful butterfly. It's like the butterfly saw you approaching, positioned itself elegantly and said, "show me to the world" .... What a beautiful picture !?
A good thing that it did not demand % in HIVE paout for the post, for such nice posing ;)
!BEER and have a nice day!
Honestly, what a free gift; I went back to your post a looked closer at the cute insect .... it's so beautiful. It may interest you to know that, I have this hobby of entering my garden and watching insects. They are not only beautiful .... they are the reason we have various nourishing fruits. Nature is awesome
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