CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Butterflies are another subject where one cant take a bad photo. The Japanese butterfly with tis black and white against the vibrant pink to me was a picture perfect moment. sku 30011

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Orange is my favourite colour and this butterfly in a shaded area caught my eye as it lay in the shade. sku 30013

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE The wonderful contrast of light blue on jet black. sku 30014

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Black is the ultimate in the contrast stakes. The white stripes and spots are accentuated by being on a mostly dark coloured butterfly. sku 30015

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

In my TOP 3 of my best butterfly photos. I love the paper kite butterfly "walking up steps" - I love paper kite with stripey background. I saw many Paper Kite butterflies as I travelled Japan so I have an affinity to them. But the combination of uncluttered green background and the splash of pink[...]

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE This was a moment where I saw one cygent who was bolt upright and looked like he was the sentry on guard for his siblings. sku 40001

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE This cygnet looks like he;s alone but he;s not. He is literally one metre from his family and is having a quiet thought to himself. sku 40002

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE These five were five of the seven that were floating near mum and day. The other two were with dad. I composed this group photo. sku 40003

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE Like the movie - the seven are inseparable. They swim in their arrow head formation behind mum and dad watches over them. sku 40004

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE These five were five of the seven that were floating near mum and day. The other two were with dad. I composed this group photo. sku 40005

CLICK / TAP PHOTO TO ENLARGE These little fellas stuck together like glue as they grew up through the summer. sku 40006