Among the bustling flower meadow Klaus’s eye caught a pair of black-veined white butterflies, resting either side of a vetch flower.
‘I was intrigued by the symmetrical shape of this pair against the colourful backdrop,’ says Klaus. Using a wide aperture, he blurred the background to frame their delicate mirrored forms with a riot of colour. Females of this species, on the right, look more transparent than males due to an unexplained tendency to rub their wings together, brushing off some of the scales. Males and females often gather in large numbers to roost, aggregating on flowers and other perching sites.
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Klaus has been interested in nature since he was a child. He tries to make the observer pause for a moment and reflect on his images. His photography excursions have taken him to remote regions of Norway, Sweden, Finland, Bulgaria, Romania and Spain, as well as South Africa, South America and the Falkland Islands.
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