~ A Place for the Night ~
A six-spot burnet [Zygaena filipendulae] in the evening.
© Henrik Spranz Croatia May 2026.
1/30s, f/4, 180mm, ISO-125
Canon EOS R5 + Canon EF 180mm f/3.5L Macro USM
#insects #macrophotography #naturephotography
#bokeh #butterfly #moth
![A photo of A six-spot burnet [Zygaena filipendulae] in the evening. Only the moth is in focus, leaving the surrounding habitat as a bokeh lit by evening sun - and showing tones of green and pink with clovers standing out. The moth is still roosting on a carnation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreig4dqjsjmrjfuwmcznw3km5zvqcgni6pvd4aukytae36vo25mcv3y)
![A photo of a Meadow brown [Maniola jurtina] in the very early morning. Only the butterfly is in focus, leaving the surrounding habitat as a bokeh lit by the early morning sun - and showing tones of green and yellow with some great pasque flowers standing out. The butterfly is still roosting on dried vegetation from last year.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreiflap4ccatbvu2rwmlxzv5va7funfxuksudkje3efn3ck3dagdjde)
![A photo of a tongue-orchid [Serapias lingua] with only the flower being in focus and using an open wide aperture. The rest of the scene is quite blurred. The bokeh of the surrounding vegetation includes a tree in the background and the scene is photographed against light of the late afternoon sun. The Trioplan produces the famous soap bubble bokeh, which can be easily recognized in this photo.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreicwg3aiidm2wqbpeg4nlzvg7mlz3eya2ry23tllmvatepvorm3zoi)
![A photo of a Brown Argus butterfly [Aricia agestis] sitting on some dry plant. Only the plant and the butterfly are in focus. The meadow in the blurred part of the photo (bokeh) is coloured in the warm tones of the morning sunshine. Reflections in the dew on the grass create bokeh circles in different sizes. The butterfly has opened its wings to warm up for the first flight of the day.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreia6ahsrfdbqneogdvrntyfimz4q2654mkawya5axol627uxyb2hda)
![A photo of a group (European) wood anemone [Anemone nemorosa] - photographed from a very low point of view . Only one of those wildflowers is in focus - so the other flowers and their leaves are shown blurred and the sky behind the trees in the background gives the space around the focused flower a bright bokeh.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreiasvlzmi3k2wr4ixpznqaj2sxkspr4nqepfvxdf7xwjd6s6d4vh7i)
![A photo of a group of small pasque flowers [Pulsatilla pratensis subsp. nigricans] - photographed at sunrise with reflections in the foreground and the ball of the rising sun in the background. Only the wildflowers are in focus - so the surrounding grass and the background is blurred.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreidmazdlomzmjlsiuz2ilcaxlrvo6s5h3wzo25erqxo5wewv5wf74m)
![A photo of a roosting butterfly - likely a pale clouded yellow [Colias hyale]. Only the butterfly and the dry plant it is roosting on are in focus. The rest of the scene is more or less blurred by using a longer tele macro and wide open aperture. There is the abstracted version of typical vegetation of a meadow on end of September to see. In the lower right corner a reflection caused a rainbow like impression.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreigiwzritirwntl6hh2g7jdoe65d3w7cxki62a54jqhkpgbxzqhtee)
![A photo of group of Liverleaves [Hepatica nobilis] in the late afternoon. Only three Liverleaves are in focus - the two in the middle look like they are hugging each other. A fourth Liverleaf can be seen at the right, blurred because it is out of focus. A big bokeh circle above the flowers shows the silhouette of another flower. The leaves on the ground are blurred by more bokeh circles.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreieofi2mlrnfvd6qodeitavrwnyzflfjudpe5hgnf4rayvokgikite)
![A photo of a bigger group of liverleaves [Hepatica nobilis] photographed with a very low point of view on the forest ground. Only two of the wildflowers are in focus, while the rest can be recognized as blurred silhouettes in the bokeh. Besides the blue to violet colours of the flowers the orange colours of leaves and trees dominate.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreigwvie7tydzhdwqn4yuhr7nlrbx733sf4dzrq5fpkvw7jvhfagyma)
![A photo of a violet fritillary butterfly [Boloria dia] covered with frost and lit by the sun from the back by the very early morning sun. Only the butterfly and the withered plant it's sitting on are in focus - leaving the rest of the scene with the bokeh of many other withered plants of an early spring meadow.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreighqauelvm4udtxncac7pw3jgkjyo56fene4yglppcotzmnnqy5aq)
![A photo of a bee orchid [Ophrys apifera] in a sunlit meadow - lit by the evening sun. Only the wild orchid is in focus and the surrounding bokeh is filled with the colours of a late spring meadow and grass textures.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreig67lhx3b5ch2vqhp2xdlzt7r7qdcrobspixxukgrlchjw474fwim)
![A photo of two black-veined white butterflies [Aporia crataegi] roosting on a Carthusian pink in the early morning. The butterflies and the plant are in focus and the habitat is shown as an abstract version of the surrounding flowers because they are out of focus.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreienmph5olomeq3yrpxz3l67mf7pt7vqoim3333e4rk7rqp4rdunje)
![A photo of a group of liverleaves [Hepatica nobilis] on the forest floor. Only two of them are in focus - and with all the blurred silhouettes of the other liverleaves in the bokeh, you could think it's a kind of gathering or party. Those two in focus fade into some foreground bokeh circles - so those two really stand out of the flower crowd.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreidjbv3vtafuunqgyfn6g4ulxmwpktyxyqcatd6athdiekcbmr6bhe)
![A photo of a ale marbled white butterfly [Melanargia galathea] still roosting just as the sun rises above the horizon. It is roosting on a knapweed plant and only the plant and butterfly are in focus. The surrounding vegetation is blurred by being out of focus, but you can still guess what it is. The blossoms are violet - and the scene is filled with a soft orange red light.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qkbkouojug63y3nc3jcn6wkq/bafkreidmlbqinakd6o5mix2atgqdjjolqch7sklsbvkgm227zdwzir4qqq)
