Monday, June 18, 2012

8 Tips for Photographing Butterflies


Steve Berardi from PhotoNaturalist discusses eight tips for photographing butterflies.

Photo by Steve Berardi
Photo by Steve Berardi

Butterflies are pretty sensitive little creatures. Get too close, and they’ll fly away in a hurry. And, even when you do get close, they’re constantly moving from flower to flower, gathering their most precious prize: sweet nectar.

All this makes it difficult to photograph butterflies, but here are 8 tips for dealing with some of these problems:


About the Author: Steve Berardi is a naturalist, photographer, and computer scientist. You can usually find him hiking in the beautiful mountains and deserts of Southern California. Read more of his articles on nature photography at the PhotoNaturalist and check out his new eBook, Digital Wildflower Photography.

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