Trapped in an old window


Photo Information
This poor Tortoiseshell Butterfly is trapped behind an old window in a medieval house at Ryedale Folk Museum.

K-5IIs, Sigma 17-70 F2.8-4 HSM OS, Polarising Filter
29/07/2014 - 11:16davidstorm
CategoryWildlife / Nature
Shutter Speed1/100
Aperturef/4.5
LensN/A
ISO200
Focal Length70mm

autumnlight

Link Posted 29/07/2014 - 13:53
Sad, but the colours are still there, i'm presuming it's dead?
Kind regards Maria

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GIULIO57

Link Posted 29/07/2014 - 14:44
Original embedded butterfly.
PPG

bwlchmawr

Link Posted 29/07/2014 - 17:43
Best bug shot by far, David.
Best wishes,

Andrew

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davidstorm

Link Posted 29/07/2014 - 18:03
autumnlight wrote:
Sad, but the colours are still there, i'm presuming it's dead?

Hi Maria, no it was alive and well but sadly I could do nothing to free it as it was trapped between two panes of glass.

Regards
David
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Teaka53

Link Posted 29/07/2014 - 22:06
davidstorm wrote:
autumnlight wrote:
Sad, but the colours are still there, i'm presuming it's dead?

Hi Maria, no it was alive and well but sadly I could do nothing to free it as it was trapped between two panes of glass.

Regards
David

It's amazing how they get into these places, must be instinct to find somewhere safe to bed down
Malc

drobbia

Link Posted 30/07/2014 - 02:41
Story is bleak but colors and execution is primo. I'd like to think I'd break the glass and administer Bug-CPR. but I wouldn't. Fine image - t
"It's not what you look at that's important, it's what you see" - Thoreau
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