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Last weekend I was in the Vosges for only two days as I was very curious which kind of butterflies I can find in June. What I found/see exceeded my expectations! I had taken two buckets with horse manure which I placed near the path but very soon I found out that the most butterflies preferred Wanda's dogshit. So I mixed the horse and dog shit and within some minutes it was bingo!  Two Lesser Purple Emperors - Canon 7DMKII, tripod, remote release, 22 mm, 1/100 sec, F 9, ISO 100 The first Lesser Purple Emperor landed on the shit followed by a second one and some Small Skippers, Heath Fritillaries and a Comma-Butterfly.
 Two Lesser Purple Emperors Also a Purple Emperor landed on 'my' shit but he flew away twice as soon as I moved a little bit. When I returned to the house I discovered him in the shadow on my house wall near the empty shit buckets so I placed some bramble (with a hint of shit) near the buckets and waited......  Purple Emperor - Canon 7DMKII, tripod, remote release, 180 mm, 1/12 sec, F 8, ISO 100 ....and there he came.....the big Purple Emperor.....the only thing I will change the next time is my lens.....this butterfly is too big for the 180 mm!
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Louis
20/6/2018 11:47:29 am
Hoi Silvia, gaaf dat het gelukt is, gisteren nog bezig geweest met de weerschijn, maar helaas geen mannetje! Leave a Reply. |
Maison BonheurSince August 2017 I'm the owner of Maison Bonheur, an old farmhouse in the Vosges. Because of its location in the forest/nature the possibilities for nature/peace/relaxing lovers are limitless. Archives
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