Butterfly Dance for Morganahope & flora-crassella by scifibabe
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This is the first photograph I've posted on Renderosity. I've taken tons of photos and have been tempted to post but have never done so. In any case, I've been fighting with Poser again and so in the meantime I thought why not?
I took this picture when I went on vacation last summer to Gatlinburg TN. On the way back, we drove through the Smokey Mountains. My husband was great about slowing down the car to allow me to take some photos. We stopped along the road because I saw a creek. I climbed down the embankment to get a picture. And the ground was covered with these magnificent butterflies. As luck would have it my camera batteries were dying so I only managed to get a few shots before it was toast. But what a cool opportunity. I've never seen anything like this before. The little butterflies were dancing on the sandy wet ground and I had to be careful not to step on them. They were so pretty!
I used a Canon digital camera to take this shot. I didn't crop the picture because I wanted to show as many of the butterflies as possible. I also liked the texture of the sandy beach with the little pebbles embedded in the soil.
Be sure to zoom on this to see the details!
This is dedicated to Morganahope who is such a sweet person and posts such charming pictures and wonderful comments!
And also this is dedicated to flora-crassella for her fabulous insect photography!
Have a fabulous day!
Comments (39)
Wonderful photo. I am happy that you show it. So wonderful butterflies.
Superb capture! Wonderful detail! 5+
Lori!!!!! I thank you soooo much for this wonderful picture!!!! s wonderful photo!!!! The butterflies soooo nice !!!! Real great picture!!!!
Fantastic capture!!!!
Fantastic capture of this beautiful butterfly place.....excellent done.
Wow, what a neat experiance, great shot
Great photo..poser is frustrating at times.
Nice idea! Great pic!
Great photo, You must be lucky to make such a capture!
that is cool. There must be something that attracted them.
Maravilhosa captura, excelente, meu amigo, aplausos (5)
Excellent shot!
super capture! thank for sharing!
It is fantastic Lori!!! All this wonderful butterflies! I have never seen so many wonderful on on one place!!!! Absolutely georgeous!! Hugs Ute
Like everything else you do Lori this photo is so fantastic :) You really have such talent when it comes to art and expressing yourself through it.
Fantastic capture!!
Très belle photo!!!!C'est étonnant autant de papillons !!!!!
Wow, what a great experience and beautiful capture. CC
tanks a lot !! you are so sweet to dedicate to me !! I love butterfly !! doesn't matter colors .... small or not !! just loved it !! you 're best of the best !! make my day so happy .... hugs .... deeply my heart !! tanks !!
WOW what a Beautiful shot! Can't wait to see you do some more!
They appear to be Pipevine Swallowtails (Battus philenor). The dancing behavior is from their natural behavior to get moisture and nutrients from and act referred to as "puddling." Puddling is when many butterflies are seen at one spot, such as a shallow puddle, mud, or animal poop. I can see from your photo, it must have been an amazing sight. I love the shot and glad you didn't crop it. Also, I'm happy you decided to post a photo. You have much to share and much to offer all of us with your photography and commets.
Wow,this is so awesome.
Nice photo.
Very cool image.
Wonderful picture... :o) Carsten
Must have been a pretty trippy scene to stumble acrossed. It sucks that your bat was low but at least you got a shot or two off.
Very cool work!
MARAVILHOSA FOTO FANTÁSTICAS BORBOLETAS AMEI AS CORES.++++++++++5 BELISSIMA DEDICATÓRIA.
they are so beautiful. I love your Poser work but please post some fotos also. a butterfly similar in color to this one from S.America actually has a very toxic poison on it's wings so predators will leave them alone. we have this breed here but I seldom see them and they are always alone
Beautiful and brilliant photography, Impressive!! Congratulations!! A million stars from me.************** Luminous Blessings. Ludy