​Seven tips for photographing butterflies

Butterflies are small and delicate, although the city stands tall buildings, canvas prints but they also can be found in the small trees and forests wood beautiful butterflies. Small make up think for the photographer how to cherish and use the camera to capture the gift given by nature? Please follow the butterfly photography expert pan ruihui, learn from him to shoot the butterfly skills and experience.

1. Know the butterfly first

There are many species of butterflies, canvas online each with a different life cycle, adult time and location, so you need to know their habits before you can catch them. Pan ruihui suggested that we can first from the butterfly map to find the target butterfly data, and then according to their time, to the appropriate location to shoot, the success rate naturally increased.

2. Temperature affects butterfly presence

Since butterflies are poikilotherms, large canvas prints their body temperature is too high or too low for them to be active due to the influence of the external environment. Butterflies are typically most active in the 20°C to 28°C temperature range. If the temperature is higher than 30°C, most butterflies will hide in the woods or grass, hardly noticeable.

The time depends on the season

As the temperature changes throughout the day, the butterflies become active only at the optimum ambient temperature. In summer, butterflies usually appear before 10:30 a.m. and from 3:30 p.m. to dusk, while in winter, the butterflies are active at the opposite time, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

4. Whether or not to use flash varies from butterfly to butterfly

Some butterflies are afraid of flash, others are not, so the choice depends on the individual butterfly. However, in broad daylight photographers do not use flash, natural light is enough to take photos with sufficient exposure, usually in macro photography photographers need to use flash assistance.

5. Eating is the best time to shoot

Butterflies in the feeding time is particularly focused, not easily detect the presence of foreign objects, so the photographer can wait for a moment before the butterfly feeding machine to shoot, the success rate will increase.

6. Go slow

In order to avoid being afraid of butterflies, the photographer should avoid rushing forward immediately after seeing the butterflies. If he knows his impulse, the photographer can catch the butterflies at a distance to avoid being too excited to disturb the butterflies. The photographer should slow down his movements as much as possible and even stay in the area for a while. This will help the photographer to blend in with the environment. It will prevent the butterfly from flying away due to the sudden vibration, and it will make the butterfly think that the photographer is part of the environment. In addition, try to avoid touching flowers and grass when walking, because butterflies can't hear the sound, but can feel the vibration, so sometimes even talk not too loud.

7. Pay attention to the color of the lens

Butterflies are sensitive to colors with high reflectance. The lighter the color is, the higher the reflectance. The photographer can cover the white part of the lens with a dark or camouflage cloth and slow down the action to reduce the chances of the butterfly becoming aware of the photographer.

TIPS: what is the shutter aperture?

Pan suggested that since the butterfly is a dynamic subject, using the shutter priority would be more advantageous, and the camera shutter speed should be adjusted to 1/500th of a second or more when the butterfly is moving. If the butterfly is in a static state, the aperture gives priority to different depth of field effects. When photographing a small butterfly, the photographer must keep a relatively close distance from the subject. If a large depth of field is needed, cheap aluminum photo prints the aperture will have to be narrowed to reduce the exposure.