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ter tank.</p><p id="d9a8">Slowly but surely I walked across the wet crass trying not to step into any dog poop of my landlord's dog and not shooing the butterfly away either.</p><figure id="368e"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*iCtqicIuFW6AjNeYFwe-NA.jpeg"><figcaption>Credit: <a href="https://medium.com/@anne.bonfert">Anne Bonfert</a></figcaption></figure><p id="ca98">Again I tried to get him closer and moved with my lens up to 5 centimetres to him. But that was too close for his comfort. Off he went.</p><p id="5800">Into the grass.</p><p id="2cb3">This was now where I got the closest to this beautiful creature. He didn’t seem to care about the massive object I placed in front of his eyes and just tried to stay on the flower as the wind was pushing him off.</p><p id="d352">I got a few shots. In some of them, the wings were blurry due to the wind. But I got two good ones as well.</p><figure id="814b"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*-e78y7BYxUtiZa4Q3vfpxg.jpeg"><figcaption>Credit: <a href="https://medium.com/@anne.bonfert">Anne Bonfert</a></figcaption></figure><p id="7130">I was actually already more than satisfied with the selection of pictures I got but the butterfly took off again and sat down one more time on the zinnia flowers.</p><p id="8864">So there I followed him again and got a few more close-up shots of him sitting on a zinnia flower.</p><figure id="d075"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*BrDL_z8MTitFR6_6AJ1-ug.jpeg"><figcaption>Credit: <a href="https://medium.com/@anne.bonfert">Anne Bonfert</a></figcaption></figure><p id="7923">My mom said to me I should write now and then about different things than just nature and the photographs I take in nature. Maybe she’s right. But when I get some pictures like these I can’t do anything different but share them with you.</p><p id="9fba"><i>I hope you enjoyed this short photo essay.</i></p><p id="b578">What about you? Have you taken great photographs of a butterfly before? What is your favorite on

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PHOTO ESSAY. NATURE WRITING

Following a Butterfly Around the Garden

When a spontaneous photoshoot makes your day

Fall has continued with more rain, fog, and wet days. But I’ve had some beauty out front my window for a while already. I looked at these blooming zinnia flowers every day this past week.

I wanted to capture them eventually and today was the day. The sun even came out and those colorful flowerheads were shining in full glory in the light. I grabbed my wide-angle lens because I wanted to capture the full length of the flowerbed and stepped down the stairs in the garden.

I had only a picture or two when I saw him. The beautiful butterfly sitting on one of the zinnia flowers. It’s a European Peacock Butterfly. One of my favorite ones we get to see here. He’s colorful, has spectacular patterns on his wings, and simply shines majestically.

And now is my chance to capture him. Having the wide-angle lens on my camera means I had to go super close to get him in frame. But this butterfly didn’t seem to mind. He even let me change the settings and then take another shot before he decided to take off again.

The shot I got wasn’t bad but I would have loved to get him bigger on the picture. I watched him fly away and sit down on a leaf of a pumpkin plant next to the rainwater tank.

Slowly but surely I walked across the wet crass trying not to step into any dog poop of my landlord's dog and not shooing the butterfly away either.

Again I tried to get him closer and moved with my lens up to 5 centimetres to him. But that was too close for his comfort. Off he went.

Into the grass.

This was now where I got the closest to this beautiful creature. He didn’t seem to care about the massive object I placed in front of his eyes and just tried to stay on the flower as the wind was pushing him off.

I got a few shots. In some of them, the wings were blurry due to the wind. But I got two good ones as well.

I was actually already more than satisfied with the selection of pictures I got but the butterfly took off again and sat down one more time on the zinnia flowers.

So there I followed him again and got a few more close-up shots of him sitting on a zinnia flower.

My mom said to me I should write now and then about different things than just nature and the photographs I take in nature. Maybe she’s right. But when I get some pictures like these I can’t do anything different but share them with you.

I hope you enjoyed this short photo essay.

What about you? Have you taken great photographs of a butterfly before? What is your favorite one and which one is the most colorful one native to your country?

Join my email list here if you would like to read more photo essays or sign up for the Medium membership to receive unlimited access to my and other writer’s stories out here (I will receive a commission fee in return).