Red Admiral

It was a surprise to see this in the garden 2 weeks ago! The eye in this image was red and didn't look right! An unsuccessful search of the internet didn't reveal the actual colour of red admiral eyes, so I assumed that it was the result of 'red eye', so cloned in some black from another part of the same image. Please enlighten me if the eye should be red.

Uploaded26/11/2013 - 21:36

CategoryClose Up

BodyPENTAX K20D

Shutter Speed1/180

Aperturef/13

LensN/A

ISO400

Focal Length200mm

Unique Views / Likes2/0

Tagsclose-up macro bugs and insects red admiral

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Date Taken	13/11/2013 - 12:11
Make	PENTAX
Model	PENTAX K20D
Program Mode	Aperture Priority
Metering Mode	Center-weighted average
Shutter Speed	1/180
Aperture	f/13
ISO	400
Focal Length	200mm
Lens	N/A

ken2390 ken2390

102 posts
12 years
kent

Posted 26/11/2013 - 23:56 Link

Nice photo, Photon Not as far as i'm aware. From what i have seen, they are brown-beige, like the underside of their wings and create a hexagonal pattern. They are also hairy. Ken

Plus Member Photon Photon

18 posts
17 years
Berkshire,
England

Posted 27/11/2013 - 00:55 Link

ken2390 wrote:
Nice photo, Photon Not as far as i'm aware. From what i have seen, they are brown-beige, like the underside of their wings and create a hexagonal pattern. They are also hairy. Ken

Thanks for the information Ken
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