Martins Down

Took a trip to Martins Down in Hampshire on the 11th June.  (Am almost up to date now with my shots – blame a holiday in Scotland for the lack of up to dateness).

A fairly windy and occasionally wet day, meant that the butterflies were not active for most of the day.  So failing finding them early on I shot some wild flowers on my tripod.  My favourite three follow.

Bladder Campion – Silene vulgaris. Taken on Canon 50D with 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 200 F3.5 1/250 Natural Light with Tripod.

Pyramidal Orchid – Anacamptis pyramidalis.   Taken on Canon 50D with 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 100 F3.5 1/50 Natural Light with Tripod.

Spotted Orchid – Dactylorhiza. Taken on Canon 50D with 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 100 F3.5 1/125 Natural Light with Tripod.

In fact the butterflies were so cold the first one I came across, crawled onto my finger when trying to move an interfering bit of grass.  Not the best shot as I had to shoot with the ISO still at ISO 100 – One handed at 1/50th second is not easy.

Small Heath on my finger.  Taken on Canon 50D with Canon 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens.  ISO 100 1/50 F5.6 Natural Light – One handed!

A better shot of a small heath follows, taken on a tripod in the late afternoon sun.  Some other butterflies, were about including some Adonis Blues, however I failed to get a shot of an untattered one to post.

Small Heath – Coenonympha pamphilus.  Taken on Canon 50D with 100mm F2.8 USM Macro Lens. ISO 400 F8 1/200 Natural Light with Tripod.

Map of Location.