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Wiluf
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A new and a newbie member

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Hello Everyone

Have just ask my first question in the Identification section and no doubt will be asking a lot more a time goes on. Came across this site whilst trying to identify the butterfly refered to in the ID section and joined. Am a total newbie on the subject of insects.

I am an ex Royal Navy photographer, however, the last twenty odd years of my working life has been in IT support at one of London's Universitys. Now retired, I decided to go back to my love of photography. Earlier this year I signed on to several very short courses covering the wildlife environment of London and very useful it has been too. This has got me interested in the insect kingdom. I use a Canon DSLR with a 300mm and a converter. This allows me to get close enough to my frisky subjects without disturbing them. Recently I started a flickr page which I will hopefully start populating with images of wildlife subjects.

Wilfred
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Hi Wilfred,

A warm welcome to UKB!

You'll find a wealth of knowledge on this site along with a group of people ever willing to help. I'm sure someone will soon Id your butterfly (I'm certainly not an Id expert).

Kevin.
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Post by Gruditch »

Hi Wilfred,

Welcome to UK Butts.

Lets have a link to your Flickr site then :D

Regards Gary
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Welcome Wilfred,
The UK Butterflies site has many members with a wide variety of skills and knowledge.
I'm sure your photo skills will come in handy.
The combined knowledge here regarding BFs, all insects, birds and photography, with helpful members, makes this a very rich website.
Looking forward to seeing your posts.
Chris
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Thanks everyone

Looking forward to being part of this website and hopefully will be able to make some contributions.


Wilfred
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Rambling along life's pathways, wandering and wondering .....

https://www.flickr.com/photos/la-phot/
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Re: A new and a newbie member

Post by Pete Eeles »

And a welcome from me too, Wilfred!

Cheers,

- Pete
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And me too Wilfred, Goldie :D
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Welcome from me too, and don't be afraid to ask any question no matter how silly you may think it is :)
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Post by David M »

Only just seen this so apologies for the late welcome.

Look forward to seeing your images, posts, etc.
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