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A small tortoiseshell butterfly rests with folded wings on a prickly purple thistle flower, illuminated by warm, low-angle sunlight against a blurred, motion-streaked background.

A small tortoiseshell clamped to a swaying spear thistle in a gale, wings folded tight and flexing as the stem bends, low hard sun from the west keeping the insect sharp while the meadow behind streaks with motion, 200mm telephoto, panning Voir plus

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