Speed

I encountered this little butterfly (moth?) in the Boondall Wetlands, and it provided me with a photographic challenge: while the inside of it’s wings is of the beautiful colour you can see in the picture, the outside is a light brown. As such, it is nearly invisible while sitting and doesn’t look very interesting on a picture either. Therefore, the only way to capture the brilliant purple is to take a photo of the insect in-flight. Unfortunately, it’s flight is not only extremely fast but also quite erratic. The picture above represents my best try: even a shutter speed of 1/500 second was too slow to give us more than a blurry (but colourful) image of the speedy fellow.

Tags: Animals, Australia, Nature, photography, today's photo