Red Spotted Purple Butterfly DSC_2682
This image was taken during my departure from the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort Kentucky. These butterflies are more beautiful in person that I ever imagined. I recognized it as a red-spotted purple because of all of the beautiful images I have seen of them. Since I am normally in my backyard while taking butterfly images, I am not used to having an audience while shooting. Had this not been my first time seeing the red-spotted purple, I may have simply walked by. But since it was my first sighting, I could not. I had to change my lens from the 55-150 MM to the 150-600 MM, then I started trying to shoot. People kept getting in the way and asking what I was doing. This made getting any shot more difficult because I was dodging people and trying to get a decent angle for a shot, all the while trying to be courteous by answering questions about what I was shooting, why I was shooting it and what kind of butterfly it was etc. Getting a butterfly image has more than enough challenges without adding people to the mix. However, I'm grateful for the experience. I just wish I had pictures of the faces that people were making when they discovered that I was simply trying to photograph a butterfly :)
I hope you enjoy your daily challenges, happy snapping.
Red Spotted Purple Butterfly DSC_2682
This image was taken during my departure from the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort Kentucky. These butterflies are more beautiful in person that I ever imagined. I recognized it as a red-spotted purple because of all of the beautiful images I have seen of them. Since I am normally in my backyard while taking butterfly images, I am not used to having an audience while shooting. Had this not been my first time seeing the red-spotted purple, I may have simply walked by. But since it was my first sighting, I could not. I had to change my lens from the 55-150 MM to the 150-600 MM, then I started trying to shoot. People kept getting in the way and asking what I was doing. This made getting any shot more difficult because I was dodging people and trying to get a decent angle for a shot, all the while trying to be courteous by answering questions about what I was shooting, why I was shooting it and what kind of butterfly it was etc. Getting a butterfly image has more than enough challenges without adding people to the mix. However, I'm grateful for the experience. I just wish I had pictures of the faces that people were making when they discovered that I was simply trying to photograph a butterfly :)
I hope you enjoy your daily challenges, happy snapping.