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westiemom
May 19th, 2008, 03:39 PM
After trying for at least two years, I've finally succeeded in getting a picture of the Blue Morpho butterfly. In that time I've succeeded in getting lots of blurry photos and in focus photos with closed wings, but nothing with wings open. At last!

Anita
http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1bbW11SahZHaHzf3XZwt5AwjB9Hwm01_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1bbW11SahZHaHzf3XZwt5AwjB9Hwm01)
Mack
May 19th, 2008, 03:50 PM
And what a beauty she is! Congratulations on a great catch. I hope you took coffee breaks while waiting though as two years is a long time to wait;)

Don
mljrbg
May 19th, 2008, 04:09 PM
Great picture. Butterflies are one of my favorite things to photograph. I have a lot of butterfly pictures from when I was shooting with film and am in the process of putting them on disk so I can work with them in PSE. Glad you finally got your shot. That was long time coming.

Mary Lou
vawitt
May 19th, 2008, 05:10 PM
That's so gorgeous! How nice of the butterfly to pose for you on that pink flower, too. :)

So what's next on your list? ;)

~Val in cloudy IL
SharLamb
May 19th, 2008, 05:42 PM
Wow. That's so gorgeous it almost looks fake! (Why is that a compliment? I don't know, but it is!). This is the sort of thing that makes me covet a better (read SLR) camera. TFS, Shar
jo
May 19th, 2008, 07:08 PM
What a beauty! It was worth the wait!
Kathy
May 19th, 2008, 07:13 PM
What a beautiful butterfly ... amazing photo. :)
efarnstrom
May 19th, 2008, 07:27 PM
Oooohhhhh....incredible! Nice that it posed on a lovely flower, too.
Byron Gale
May 19th, 2008, 11:01 PM
Anita,

I like that picture a lot... and even more knowing how long you had to bide your time waiting for it!!

Byron
elwoodsusanm
May 20th, 2008, 09:12 AM
Beautiful :)
Chesney
May 20th, 2008, 09:21 AM
I am jealous - I can only get butterfly's like that at the zoo!! Good old Nebraska for you!
Absolutely wonderful shot!!
Elle~MN
May 20th, 2008, 10:51 AM
WOW!!! Congrats on a beautiful shot...well worth the wait!;)
westiemom
May 22nd, 2008, 03:52 PM
Thank you all so much for your lovely comments. I took this at a Butterfly House. This butterfly always closes its wings as soon as it lands so it's very difficult to get a photo. With its wings closed it looks like a very plain brown butterfly - until it flies off and you see that gorgeous blue color.

Anita
Martha
May 22nd, 2008, 07:57 PM
Great shot! The butterfly is beautiful-I've never seen one like that before.
Martha
Deborah
May 23rd, 2008, 07:46 AM
What a beautiful butterfly. Great Job!!!
Deborah
westiemom
May 24th, 2008, 08:25 PM
Martha and Deborah, thank you.

Anita
kImages
May 24th, 2008, 08:39 PM
Anita your patience really paid off. That is a beautiful image.
mljrbg
May 24th, 2008, 09:16 PM
Anita, I was at a Butterfly Haven today and there were the Blue Morphs. I thought about it taking you 2 years to get that gorgeous photo. I watched and followed them around for a while and have a even a greater appreciation of your photo because they never landed with their wings open. Great job!!

Mary Lou
(I will post some of my photos tomorrow)