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10-SEP-2010

20100910 - Birthday Visitor

Friendly little thing - and quite happy to just sit there - once the light inside was as bright as the light outside so there seemed nowhere to go :o)

JJ tells me it's a speckled wood butterfly - and i was thinking it was just a moth! :-)

Canon EOS 5D ,Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
1/200s f/7.1 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
Mairéad11-Sep-2010 21:06
Now that's cool! Usually they fly away as soon as I try to get near them.
laine11-Sep-2010 20:46
Happy Birthday, Phillip!! Zoe had pavlova, you had a butterfly...doesn't seem equal does it :)))
globalgadabout11-Sep-2010 14:03
lovely visitor, and surely a good omen...happy birthday, hope this is merely the first of the happy returns..
Pete Hemington11-Sep-2010 08:09
Certainly a speckled wood, and to think how much I followed these by stealth and you have one in your hand, you are blessed.
malcolm haslam11-Sep-2010 07:12
WOW...that's really special. You don't get to get that close, out in the wild.
Happy birthday, to you.
:-)
slhoornstra11-Sep-2010 05:24
Beautifully captured:) Happy Birthday!!! V
Kevin Chester10-Sep-2010 23:56
What a great present from mother nature
Stephanie10-Sep-2010 21:03
September is a great month in which to celebrate a birthday! ;-) Hope it was a happy day for you!
Cute gift!
Colin Storey10-Sep-2010 20:05
Happy Birthday, nice shot also.
Faye White10-Sep-2010 19:58
awwwww... how special!
Neil Horner10-Sep-2010 19:54
Happy Birthday !!!! cool shot too....
Ray :)10-Sep-2010 19:32
What did he give you?
Johnny JAG10-Sep-2010 19:26
Happy Birthday butterfly, or is it you?