On Saturday a friend visited LBF and spent a few hours snapping pics with her new Canon Camera - Here we go!

 Pics reproduced by kind permission of 'Des'.

Orange Tip (Male)

Soft focus Iris

Buff-tailed Bumble Bee or Garden Bumble Bee (TBC)

Common Blue Damselfly (Enallagma cyathigerum) or Azure... TBC!

The aptly named 'Swollen-thighed' Beetle - Oedemera nobilis

Orange Tip on Red Campion

Not 100% sure but think this is a 'click beetle' of sorts... Suggested Athous Haemorrhoidalis (which sounds painful!)

A leaf beetle - Unsure of exact species - poss Gastrophysa polygoni

Oxeye Daisy with visiting Crab Spider ((Xysticus elegans))

Red Campion with oxeye daisy providing a greak 'bokeh' backdrop

Iris by the Pond x 2 Exposure settings

 

and an Orange-tip Butterfly visiting the lilac Honesty flowers for good measure.

Orange Tip, male and female comparison.

 Male with Orange Tipped Wings

Female with Grey Black tipped wings. Easy to confuse with Large and Small White butterflies if you are not paying attention.