The last of my Greek butterflies
I started off with several thousand photos from our recent trip to northern Greece (June 2024). A lot of those were simply burst-mode shots of the same specimen where I hoped to capture it in the perfect pose between fluttering or flapping of bird or butterfly wings. I backed up all the full SD cards … Continue reading "The last of my Greek butterflies"
I started off with several thousand photos from our recent trip to northern Greece (June 2024). A lot of those were simply burst-mode shots of the same specimen where I hoped to capture it in the perfect pose between fluttering or flapping of bird or butterfly wings. I backed up all the full SD cards on to an external hard drive and then used FastStone Viewer on my laptop to work through the collections as quickly as I could discarding obvious blurs and duds and then homing in the generally decent photos.
I think I ended up with about 500. I then processed these with DxO PureRaw 4, Topaz Sharpen, and PaintShopPro and began adding to the Sciencebase site. This is the final batch (batch 10) of butterflies from the trip and rather than break it up into several blogs, I’ve made it one long scrollable page with all the decent remaining shots from the collection.
![Lesser Marbled Fritillary, Brenthis ino](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Lesser-Marbled-Fritillary-CR3-1.jpg)
![Lesser Spotted Fritillary, Melitaea trivia](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Lesser-Spotted-Fritillary-1.jpg)
![Marbled Fritillary, Brenthis daphne](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Marbled-Fritillary-2-1.jpg)
![Marbled Fritillary, Brenthis daphne](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Marbled-Fritillary-5-1.jpg)
![Mazarine Blue, Cyaniris semiargus,](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Mazarine-Blue-2-CR3-1.jpg)
![Mazarine Blue, Cyaniris semiargus,](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Mazarine-Blue-4-CR3-1.jpg)
![Female Mazarine Blue, Cyaniris semiargus](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Mazarine-Blue-female-CR3-1.jpg)
![Nettle-tree Butterfly, Libythea celtis](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Nettle-tree-2-1.jpg)
![Nettle-tree Butterfly, Libythea celtis](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Nettle-tree-1.jpg)
![Nettle-tree Butterfly, Libythea celtis](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Nettle-tree-Butterfly-1.jpg)
![Niobe Fritillary, Fabriciana niobe](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Niobe-Fritillary-2-1.jpg)
![Niobe Fritillary, Fabriciana niobe](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Niobe-Fritillary-CR3-1.jpg)
![Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Pearl-bordered-Fritillary-1.jpg)
![Pearl-bordered Fritillary, Boloria euphrosyne](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Pearl-bordered-Fritillary-CR3-1.jpg)
![Pearly Heath, Coenonympha arcania](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Pearly-Heath-CR3-1.jpg)
![Purple-shot Copper, Lycaena alciphron](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Purple-Shot-Copper-CR3-1.jpg)
![Queen of Spain Fritillary, Issoria lathonia](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/QoS-1.jpg)
![Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Silver-washed-Fritillary-2-1.jpg)
![Silver-washed Fritillary, Argynnis paphia](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Silver-washed-Fritillary-2.jpg)
![Sloe Hairstreak, Satyrium acacia](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Sloe-Hairstreak-CR3-1.jpg)
![Small Blue, Cupido minimus](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Small-Blue-1.jpg)
![Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Small-Heath-CR3-1.jpg)
![Small Tortoiseshell, Aglais urticae](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Small-Tortoiseshell-1.jpg)
![Small White, Pieris rapae](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Small-White-1.jpg)
![Sooty Copper, Lycaena tityrus](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Sooty-Copper-1.jpg)
![Sooty Copper, Lycaena tityrus](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Sooty-Copper-3-1.jpg)
![Southern White Admiral, Limenitis reducta](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Southern-White-Admiral-pair-2-1.jpg)
![Five-spot Burnet moth and friends](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/threesome-1.jpg)
![Wall Brown, Lasiommata megera](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Wall-Brown-1-1.jpg)
![Woodland Ringlet, Erebia medusa](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Woodland-Ringlet-1.jpg)
![Woodland Ringlet, Erebia medusa](https://www.sciencebase.com/images/Woodland-Ringlet-flying-1.jpg)
Butterflies of Greece Batch 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9