My first butterfly shots!

[praline3001]

We went to the insect zoo today and I got a ton of macro shots as I have been practicing on macro for a few weeks. I must have spent an hour in the butterfly room alone LOL I have over a 100 shots of butterflies to go through LOL I wasn't *spraying* but there were so many different types it was fun to practice macro!
So here are the first 4:


On the next shot I overexposed some of the flowers. Please let me know a way to fix them if you have any ideas!


This next guy's body was so white ~ it was really hard not to over expose it or under expose the wings. I had a tough time! I was hoping this would be THE SHOT of the day but it didn't turn out as good as I wanted it too.




They look better in their original sizes as you can see all of the texture in their wings! I have them on my flickr account if you want to blow them up LOL

[jatin.patadia]

Ohh wow thats just beautiful/....

[Jadara]

Those are very beautiful. My personal favorite is the second one. It blends in so well with the pink flowers. Great macros.

[ehill8794]

wow those are amazing!
great job with the macro and showing color and texture in the butterflys!
im jealous of your shots!

[Trader]

Wow! Those are really some unusual butterflys. Great shots of them too. We have one of those places here in Orlando and I have been wanting to get over there to check it out but have been putting it off. After seeing yours I think I am going to make more of an effort to go now. Thanks for sharing your shots.

[RuthieMae]

Wow, butterflies are hard to photograph! These are gorgeous shots!

[praline3001]

Thanks everyone! Butterfly places make such great practice macro work outs! As I said, I stayed in the room for an hour just finding different subjects and trying to get settings down. They could have been any kind of bug ~ practice is practice but its a lot more fun having something as pretty as butterflies (and your choice of colors and sizes)

I highly suggest if you have one nearby to go one weekend and give your macro a work out

[Heaterguy]

Nicely done. I really like the last one.

[bethard728]

Originally Posted by praline3001

As I said, I stayed in the room for an hour just finding different subjects and trying to get settings down.

You must have a very patient family! My hubby would of left me after about 10 minutes! lol. Great shots! I love the one with green wings. Never seen one like that before! Are the butterflies just flying around with you or are they contained in something? I think we have a butterfly house in St. Louis but I've never been. Might have to go check it out now. Minus the hubs. LOL.

[praline3001]

Originally Posted by bethard728

You must have a very patient family! My hubby would of left me after about 10 minutes! lol. Great shots! I love the one with green wings. Never seen one like that before! Are the butterflies just flying around with you or are they contained in something? I think we have a butterfly house in St. Louis but I've never been. Might have to go check it out now. Minus the hubs. LOL.

They kept themselves entertained in the bug cafe ~ yup eating cooked bugs EWWWWWWWWWW but I have pics of it