Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Fine Art Wildlife Photography -- Butterflies

Butterflies make wonderful photographs. There is a difference though, between a wonderful butterfly photo that shows all its colors making it easy to identify and one that I would consider "fine art."  .I have decent photographs of 155 different butterfly species. Many like the first one are very nice and show great detail:


Blue Morpho
But beyond the detail and color of the butterfly, flowers can add additional color but in a contrasting way. Backgrounds can be soft focus providing additional contrast and making the butterfly stand out more. And, of course, the composition can provide a uniqueness that says, this isn't just a photo for identification purposes. Here are a few of my favorites:

Leopard Lacewing

Apricot Sulphur

Banded Orange

Cloudless and Dogface Sulphurs


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