It doesn’t really matter where I am—if I see a butterfly, I am almost certainly going to chase after it with the hope of capturing an image. That was certainly the case last week in Brussels when I spotted this tiny butterfly and managed to take this shot of it.
As some of you may recall, I am now using a superzoom Canon SX50 when I am travelling. I haven’t used it very often, so I am still learning its capabilities and limitations. I am pretty happy with the way the camera was able to capture some of the small details of this butterfly, including its extended proboscis, and the way that it rendered the out of focus flowers in the background. I am not ready to give up my DSLR, but I will certain consider taking the SX50 with me on those occasions when I just don’t feel like hauling my DSLR and multiple lenses.
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Fabulous detail, I’m anxious to see a few more shots to get a better feel for the capability of this lens.
All of the shots from this past week that mention Brussels were shot with this camera. If you do a Google search of “Mike Powell SX50” you can get to a listing of all postings that I have done with this camera–or you can wait for me to shoot some more. 🙂
They are tiny indeed! It’s a Holly Blue butterfly 🙂 One of my favourites and they’ve had a good year in 2016! Well spotted and photographed Mike 😀 http://butterfly-conservation.org/50-923/holly-blue.html
Wow. Once again you were able to easily identify one of my Brussels subjects. Thanks again for the assist.
My pleasure Mike 🙂 Most of the wildlife in Belgium is similar or the same species we have in the UK! Similar climate and habitats. Belgium and North West France aren’t really that far away. I really want to travel around Eastern Europe for the wildlife! I would love to see lynx in the wild 🙂
I find it great fun to challenge myself with a much smaller camera for certain field trips and travels. For mine, I’ve chosen a Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS50. It’s pretty amazing what these little guys can do when you take the time to learn their capabilities (and their limitations) and to work with them both. One of the best points is the image stabilization system–it’s almost beyond belief, even–no, especially–when approaching its maximum 30x zoom. Nice work with this little beauty.