I have been more than a little preoccupied with house-hunting recently, so have been neglecting writing here on Substack, including the ‘Favourite Photos’ series. I have, however, been adding more photos to the collection that Paid Subscribers can download for free.
This week’s photo is of a beautiful peacock butterfly (Aglais io) feeding on a teasel flower.
I took this photo a few years ago in Barlow Common Nature Reserve which is near Selby in North Yorkshire, England.
Barlow Common has lots of beautiful wildflowers, including many teasels. I took this photo on a glorious sunny July morning when the teasels were flowering, and they were simply covered with peacock, small tortoiseshell and painted lady butterflies - such a beautiful sight.
Technical Information
Camera: Olympus E-M1 MarkII
Lens: Olympus 60mm Macro
Aperture: f2.8
Shutter speed: 1/800 sec
ISO: 100
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Beautiful image!
That’s lovely, Angie. We have rather too many thistles in our fields and the peacock butterflies love those too. Thank you for sharing.