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fujifilmnut
September 20th, 2005, 06:10 PM
Here is a silver/white one...

Jim
bobt
June 14th, 2006, 08:15 PM
Monarch butterfly at the Brookside Gardens Butterfly House, Wheaton, MD.

Fuji S2, 80-400mm VR Nikkor - I don't think this one used fill flash, just ambient light
Swampy
June 15th, 2006, 07:32 AM
Here's a Monarch for you as well.
http://theswampbbs.com/s2/gallery/macro/images/_T7S0014e.jpg
Melody
June 15th, 2006, 10:41 AM
:rofl: :rofl:

Jim,

You didn't say they had to be "real" I took these last week :tongue2:

Melody

Edit: I do believe these the green bring a Baby Butterfly :D
fujifilmnut
June 15th, 2006, 12:06 PM
Melody,

Unreal is OK. Nice shots.

Swampy,

Holy cow...

BobT,

Nice monarch! Were there a lot of species in the Butterfly House?
Igor
June 16th, 2006, 01:57 AM
OMG, so many beautiful butterflies, especially in Melody's post :)
Can I join in? :)
fujifilmnut
June 16th, 2006, 04:55 AM
Igor,

Unusual butterfly. Love the vivid colors.
Melody
June 16th, 2006, 07:14 AM
OMG, so many beautiful butterflies, especially in Melody's post :)
Can I join in? :)

Thanks Igor, Yours is much better, I honestly don't have a single shot of a real butterfly :o That green one though will be around in 3 mos to be placed on the new little girl for her birth announcements :) (mom is irish she wanted green ;) ) It is a rare species though you must know exactly where to look for it ;)

Plus I was so excited to try and floor Jim with my fake one who would think of fake in this thread :haha: :haha:

Melody
Markytp
June 22nd, 2006, 03:00 AM
Mary saw this thread and has abandoned me and shot off to our local butterfly place. No doubt she'll be posting upon her return :)

Here's a variation on one I took a while back.

Mark
fujifilmnut
June 22nd, 2006, 04:10 PM
Great lighting! I have one of that species but under less favorable light. Very nice detail.
sandman
June 23rd, 2006, 11:59 AM
Did'nt have much success at Stratfords butterfly farm .
No onboard flash on the D2 , lowish lighting and humidity that took 15 minutes to settle down .
But here are a couple that turned out allrightish , on a scale of 1-10 i'll give these about 4 .
But it's all i got , apart from an iguana lungeing at me .

Brian
fujifilmnut
June 24th, 2006, 06:17 AM
Brian,

The first one looks like it was taken with the 70-200 because of the background. Did I get that right?

Actually I think the diffused lighting is nice and gives these a good, shadow-free look.
sandman
June 24th, 2006, 12:49 PM
Sorry Jim 60mm macro, but you got the 2.8 bit right . :D

Brian
Marytp
June 24th, 2006, 01:24 PM
Well better late than never, finally got a couple of shots for this thread..... :lol:

Maz
fujifilmnut
June 25th, 2006, 05:17 AM
Nice shots Mary.
KeithM
July 5th, 2006, 06:14 AM
Thought I'd join in with an odd shot.

This was taken whilst hunting trees in the local wood - the subject seemed a bit lethargic - possibly close to, if not already, dead :eek:

Fuji S2 + Nikkor 10.5mm fisheye :)

Keith.
fujifilmnut
July 5th, 2006, 09:22 AM
They have a short life, much too little time in the sun!

Jim
ChazR
July 8th, 2006, 05:35 PM
Here's one from a while ago...From Callaway Gardens in Georgia.
fujifilmnut
July 9th, 2006, 12:49 PM
Wow, it flew all the way from Ohio!
SSonnentag
July 14th, 2006, 09:14 PM
Ooooooo! Nice photos everybody. Here's an Idaho butterfly.

Shawn
fujifilmnut
July 15th, 2006, 08:11 AM
And I thought the Idaho state bird was a potato! :troutsmac

Nice shot.

Jim
ChazR
July 19th, 2006, 04:15 PM
May as well post a couple more...