Argus Workshop Photos Received

Featherball on Wire (36) *
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-10-10 07:53:27]

Taken a second or two later.

Wren on Wire (70)
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-10-08 23:09:35]

He gave me another look before flying off

Spain

Title: Imm. Red-veined DarterCanon EOS 350D

Imm. Red-veined Darter (54)
Argus

(23317)

colour removal

matatur

(2663) [2008-10-05 01:07:24]

Removed some of the brownish tinge by a colour filter...

Spain

From a Footbridge (62)
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-10-01 07:48:25]

A better POV here, taken from the bank of the same canal and at about the same distance

Landing and Take-off (66)
Argus

(23317)

colour correction

matatur

(2663) [2008-09-27 09:01:35] [3]

removed the slight greenish cast with colour correction filters...

The Egg-laying Empress (70) *
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-09-12 00:47:52]

Though the BG is busy ythis is a frontal view of the same female.

Chase Me! (66)
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-08-28 02:51:37]

A female Golden Plover playing injured. Notice the downturned tail that makes her look injured as she limps away

Bog Fritillary (60)
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-08-26 00:11:00]

Here you can see the black rings on the underside of the hind-wing. The black spot in the middle was probably caused during emergence from the pupa.

Siberian Jay (58)
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-08-22 23:29:55]

Note the beard-lichens on this old spruce. They harbour insects and spiders that these boreal birds seek.

Linnaean Misnomer (68) *
Argus

(23317)

(23317) [2008-08-12 22:30:23]

The same individual with the wings open enough to show the orange patch on the forewing, which shows that it is a female.