Butterfly Pics
Butterfly Pics
#1Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 3:55pm
I love butterflies. These were taken at the Living Desert in Palm Desert, CA. *sigh*
And just for fun ('cause he was just lounging around...):
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Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#2re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:03pmSTUNNING! (Just curious - do you ever post your photos in Webshots?)
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#2re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:05pm
No. I use PBASE most of the time. (I haven't posted these there yet, though) Too many places to post these days! 
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#3re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:08pmTrue. I just subscribe to Webshots because there are so many beautiful pro shots constantly being added there that I use them for screen savers! I know that enlarged prints can be purchased but I don't know if the proceeds go to the photographer or to Webshots.
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mamie4 5/14/03
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#4re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:11pm
I am a member of Webshots; many of my friends post there. I have yet to post there. Maybe I will soon. 
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#5re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:12pmlove them tom!! i find it so hard to photograph animals, especially butterflies... those suckers never hold still.
#6re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:17pm
Gotta work fast to shoot those things...
Of course taking a few hundred pictures will guarantee a couple of decent ones.
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#7re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:19pm
You should see the Monarch Butterfly Garden in Pismo Beach, CA.
It's stunning.
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#8re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:36pmWOW! That's amazing TheatreDiva. Next time I'm in this area, I'll definitely have to go there!
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
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#10re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 4:51pm
love is like a butterlfy
as soft & gentle as a sigh
the multicolored moods of love
are like its satin wings
- Dolly Parton, LOVE IS LIKE A BUTTERFLY
#11re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 5:25pm
Beautiful pics! I love butterflies too. These are from a butterfly farm in Deerfield, Ma. Just down the road from the Yankee Candle factory. We took my mother there for the day.
This guy kept trying to mate with my mother because she inadvertently wore a jacket the exact same color as he was.
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Updated On: 2/25/08 at 05:25 PM
#12re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 5:46pmOMG! My first double post! I can no longer roll my eyes and think, "what a moron! How hard is it to hit the post button only once?"
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
Updated On: 2/25/08 at 05:46 PM
#13re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 5:50pmThose are fantastic, artscallion!
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#14re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 6:55pm
Thanks. a few more...
Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
pushdabutton
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/2/05
#16re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/25/08 at 7:39pm
A few more...
"It's not so much do what you like, as it is that you like what you do." SS
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana." GMarx
#17re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/26/08 at 8:37am
these are all to great... i dont think we have anything like that in DC to photograph. theres a tiny butterfly house at the national zoo but they dont have anything at all. a handful of very small simple little guys. nothing fancy.
tom what sort of camera do you use... ?
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#18re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/26/08 at 10:46am
NO NO NO!!! Get thee to the Natural History Museum!
http://www.butterflies.si.edu/
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#19re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/26/08 at 10:52am
mamie... wha?? when did they start that? i've been to the museum of natural history a ZILLION times and have never seen live animals like that. with the exception of the bug zoo they had going for a while...
this is news to me!
Updated On: 2/26/08 at 10:52 AM
Mamie
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#20re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/26/08 at 1:12pm
The bug zoo is permanent.
The SI has always co-hosted the annual National Orchid show and a few years ago they held it in the A&I building, next to the castle. That year they decided to add to the orchids by putting in a special butterfly exhibit. They had a large enclosed room, full of various orchids and hundreds of different kinds of butterflies. (When you went in you were instructed to be careful where you put your foot down so you didn't accidentally kill one of the displays. Then when you left, you stood in front of a full length mirror and examined your front while a volunteer checked out your back. That was to make sure you didn't accidentally leave with a display on your shoulder.) At any rate, the butterflies were a HUGE success and it was hoped that they would bring them back each year. Unfortunately due to safety concerns, they had to close the A&I building and weren't able to return to that space. Natural History offered space for the orchids the next year but there were no butterflies. As far as I know, this is the first time the butterflies have returned.
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Updated On: 2/26/08 at 01:12 PM
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#21re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/26/08 at 8:19pm
well i am going... asap!
i have some new DC pictures to share from this weekend but dont want to post them on here anymore because i dont wanna bug people... like "ugh, there he goes posting his pictures again... haha"
Mamie
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/26/04
#22re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/26/08 at 10:17pmOH NO! You don't bug anyone. Anyone who doesn't want to see them doesn't have to look. Nobody forces them. And anyone who does look and then complains isn't worth worrying over. They obviously get enjoyment out of the act of complaining so you shouldn't deprive them!
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mamie4 5/14/03
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#23re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/27/08 at 8:38ami'll post them in a new thread in a bit... i'm still waiting on Tom to tell me what camera he's using! so we can have a camera chat
#24re: Butterfly Pics
Posted: 2/27/08 at 10:22am
These are all very beautiful
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