CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Butterflies are full of microscopic "scales" if you like. These are similar in concept to fish scales. You can see the microscopic blue dots which make up the wing as well as the white dots are clear to see too. sku 30016

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE As with the blue butterfly sometimes the colours of a butterfly can be very striking. sku 30017

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Butterflies comes in such a variety of colour and some are very vibrant like this one. sku 30018  

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The early morning had had a shower and this butterfly came to land. sku 30019

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Its great to have a sense of movement as we imagine the butterfly climbing this leaf. sku 30020

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Spots and stripes are the way of this photo with this Japanese butterfly. sku 30021

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Like a sentry at his post this late afternoon greeted me with a rate close up portrait of this heron. The halo of blue sky reflection between the two tree reflections really enhances the overall scene. sku 60001

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE At the end of a busy sightseeing day - I went to the lake front and this heron was circling the fishermen and their catch. He would wait for the fishermen to do the HARD WORK of catching the fish and laying them out on the bank and then the heron would circle the f[...]

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The wing span of this bird is truly an amazing sight in this beautiful blue sky and clouds. The heron looks like a large jet airplane as it soars through the clouds. sku 60003

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE This heron is on his way to collect more branches to make his nest. When the heron flaps his wings and the photo is taken at that moment of a downward flap we see the full length of the wing. sku 60004

The wonder of high frames per second sees the wings at their highest. sku 60005

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The heron is a busy bird this time of year in mid January with his nest building. He scouts around and collects branches of the right size, drops off the branch at his nest and goes out again. sku 60006

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Stained glass windows give hazy shapes and colours as they reflect into a church. Once again a very close encounter with a heron which seemed to remind me of the stained glassed windows of a church. sku 60007

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE This photo was taken in Kent rather than Asia. To me it looks like a Japanese garden but careful composition can create an altered reality. sku 60008

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE As they say in life - in the case of a human being - one can just the mood of a person by their expression. Portraits tell a lot about a person and in birds - the portrait shows details that are not noticed when a bird is a fair distance away in the trees on an island[...]

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The heron is always on the look out for his next meal. He surveys the lake and watches all the other birds around. sku 60010