butterflies

I’m not an expert in insects and microfauna.
I distinguish a bee from a beetle only because the first is dangerous and the second is only ugly.

Perhaps, butterflies are an exception (until someone more expert than me will teach me that some of that I consider butterflies actually aren’t…).

All these photos are token by free-hand, often at real-life magnification’s limit.
A pair are made without specific macro lenses, but only with tubes to have a closest minimum focus distance.

: NIKON D700 @ ISO 800 , 1/500 at f8 , focal length 105mm

: NIKON D2X @ ISO 400 , 1/250 at f8 , focal length 200mm

: NIKON D2X @ ISO 400 , 1/400 at f5.6 , focal length 200mm

: NIKON D700 @ ISO 800 , 1/500 at f11 , focal length 60mm

: NIKON D2X @ ISO 400 , 1/125 at f4 , focal length 200mm

: NIKON D2X @ ISO 200 , 1/2000 at f5.6 , focal length 105mm

: NIKON D700 @ ISO 1600 , 1/60 at f8 , focal length 60mm

: NIKON D700 @ ISO 1600 , 1/80 at f8 , focal length 60mm

: NIKON D700 @ ISO 800 , 1/40 at f8 , focal length 60mm

: NIKON D700 @ ISO 1600 , 1/125 at f8 , focal length 60mm

: NIKON D2X @ ISO 400 , 1/320 at f4 , focal length 200mm

: NIKON D700 @ ISO 1600 , 1/60 at f8 , focal length 60mm

: NIKON D2X @ ISO 200 , 1/60 at f5.6 , focal length 200mm

: NIKON D2X @ ISO 400 , 1/320 at f4 , focal length 200mm