Mrs B's Great Adventure (24) Mrs B's daughter

For the first time ever, I got shots of a maiden flight when Mrs B's Daughter took off from the daisies.
I thank all who have followed, commented and favourited(?) my images. I hope you have found the journey interesting and possibly informative, I know my own knowledge has increased.
It may be fanciful thinking, but wouldn't it be wonderful if Mrs B's Daughter in May 2019 laid her eggs on the Alder Buckthorn where she began her own life this spring?
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[JoeV]

Great angle too.

[FBailey]

Wow ... x

[Suzie Townsend]

This picture is wonderful as I can see the little legs and the fuzzy top! Will she live that long - til next spring? How can you tell it is a female?

[Jesika]

@joev She was kind enough to give me a couple of seconds warning before lift off, video was running, and then she was gone.
Thanks, Joe
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[Jesika]

@fbailey My thoughts exactly! My first maiden flight shots, it's taken long enough.
Thanks muchly
jx

[Jesika]

@stownsend If you look at Mrs B images 18 & 20 of a male Brimstone, you'll see how yellow the wings are, the girls have a slight greenish tinge but when she's flying she looks very pale.
Brimstones are I believe Britain's longest lived butterflies. Eggs are laid in May, they eclose June/July and hibernate in winter along with 4 other species If it's warm enough, you can see them any month, but obviously food supplies are limited in winter so the smart ones stay carefully concealed.
Thank you for following Mrs B's story, I hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have in presenting it.
j

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful capture

[Sue Hecker]

Wow, great timing and focus.

[Jesika]

@ziggy77 Thank you, Jo. I've thoroughly enjoyed presenting Mrs B's Great Adventure
j

[Jesika]

@featherstone26 Thanks, Sue. I cheated! Stills extracted from video, MUCH easier than trying - and failing to get a burst right.
j

[Sue Hecker]

@jesika2 Still awesome, and not all of us even know how to extract stills from video, so don't sell yourself short!

[Jesika]

@featherstone26 Take the video & use VCL software, that'll do it
j

[Paul]

Another great catch. Good timing on this.

[Jesika]

@pej Thank you, Paul. I've spent hours trying to catch butterflies in flight and then decided cheating made it MUCH easier. Extracting stills from video works wonders.
j

[Paul]

@jesika2 I don’t think that’s cheating. I think it’s creative and clever. If your camera has a burst mode on it you may want to give that a try as well.

[KoalaGardens🐨]

oh that is stunning - it's not always easy to extract a good still either, so well done all around, this is stunning clarity :)

[Jesika]

@pej It can actually do 50 frames a second but the quality is ridiculous, even at 12 which is the highest "quality" you can miss the action. I'm not sure how many frames/second with video, I'll have to check that now, somewhere between 25 & 50 I think. A lot anyway!
Thanks for the thought.
j

[Jesika]

@koalagardens Thank you very much for a lovely comment. I hope you've enjoyed Mrs B's adventure
j

[Anne Pancella]

Thank you for helping pollinators.

[Jesika]

@annepann And thank YOU for understanding one of the reasons why I spend so much time raising butterflies & moths.
j

[Ricardo]

An amazing shot. A favourite for me.

[Jesika]

@ricardo17 Thank you so much, Ricardo
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