Butterfly Photography—Some Useful Tips (Part 1)
Butterflies ,one of the most colorful and elegant insects are a wonderful subject for photography.
With the advent of Digital camera equipment (Point &shoot cameras, DSLRs and smart phones with high res. cameras) photo
taking has become affordable to many of us. The hassle of buying film rolls, developing them and making prints are gone
now and we can instantly see the results in the monitor. It is fun and has become cheaper to take pictures now a days.
As every other art form, there is learning curve for Photography too. We generally start with capturing the subject without
worrying about the “angles”. It is good and useful for record purposes. They are generally called “snap shots” in photography
parlance. In due course we realize that something is missing in our pictures to make the good “PHOTOGRAPHS”.
To make our pictures stand out and attract the attention of the viewers, we need to walk some extra mile! We can realize the
gap between our snap shots and Great photographs by Professionals by studying their images carefully.
Apart from high end, expensive camera gear (full frame sensors DSLRS and expensive dedicated macro lenses) and sophisti-
cated techniques in post processing, there are some simple and easy techniques which we can do to make our pictures more
pleasing.
1 Shoot at the eye level
This is taken from human eye level perspective, in which
we see the subject generally during a walk
2 Try filling the frame
The wings of butterflies have very
beautiful colour scales and patterns
which can be enjoyed by having a
closer look. To achieve this please try
to shoot at the minimum focusing dis-
tance of your camera/lens (It will be
handy if the camera has a manual fo-
cusing option )
This is captured at the eye level of the subject by kneel-
ing down