Skipper

[Keith Kennedy]

This image was captured in our garden last summer. Tentative ID is the European skipper.

Canon 70-200mm f/4 L at 200mm + 1.4X TC and EOS 30D; ISO 250; AV/Evaluative metering +2/3; 1/500s at f8; Gitzo 1325 tripod.

[John Cooper]

Love the diagonal placement of this skipper Keith and the beautiful OOF pink & green of the BG, and great detail. Nice work!!

[Matthew Pugh]

Hi
A simply lovely image of this delightful little chap - and those surroundings colours are wonderful
I don’t think this is a European skipper however, Fiery Skipper - Hylephila phyleus - to my eyes. But I am certainly no expert upon American species
Thanks for the view
Matthew

[Robert O'Toole]

Nice colors, BG and sharpness, great work placing the plane of focus where it counts most.

Robert

[Fabs Forns]

Very nice, Keith, love the surroundings even more than subject :)

[Alfred Forns]

Hi Keith I can tell is yours just looking at the thumbnail !!!! Love it all Big Congrats !!!!

[Keith Kennedy]

I think Matthew is correct--it is a fiery skipper rather than a European skipper. That's what I get for trying to rely on memory rather than just looking it up. Thanks for the correction Matthew.

[Kaushik Balakumar]

nice colours & a sharp subject. wud have liked more space to the left & top of the frame...

rgds,
Kaushik