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Right now (last week of June) a super-abundant emergence of the rare Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia) is occurring in the tallgrass at Spring Creek Prairie. It is an exclusively tallgrass prairie species, threatened by continued habitat loss. More on their habits and habitat is here: www.gpnc.org/regal.htm
I must have personally had over one hundred sightings during a four-hour period as I walked about during the 2010 Bioblitz at the prairie. At this stage, they flutter quickly and seemingly erratically around, along the tops of the grasses, occasionally diving back down into the grass where they pause before re-emerging to continue their flight. Capturing them in image during this stage (with my skill and equipment) is a matter of sheer luck! Here and below are a few of my luckiest.
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I used a page of a book for the background. The insects and flower are colored with Polychromos pencils.
Blogged here: cuckooblue.co.uk/post/59718552681/fluttery-quilting-fail-...
I really like this collection of fabrics called Flutter by The Quilted Fish for Riley Blake Designs. Loving blue and orange together just now. But when I laid it all out to make a quilt, somehow it just didn't speak to me the way I thought it would. After having a little play and pairing up the patterns, I decided to have some zippered -pouch/coin-purse-making fun. And fun it was!
Photographer: Laurel Guido
Model: Alexandra Pinheiro
Hair and Makeup Artist: Alexandra Pinheiro with Relatum Models and New Icon Model Mangement
Assistant: Patrick Arvia
This was the little boutique where I bought my 'Santa sitting on a clothes peg, fishing for presents' for the Christmas tree
I'd love to tell you that I intentionally let the shutter go long to let the motion of this butterfly's wings reveal itself, but this was a total mistake shot. It has to be the most aesthetically-pleasing "throw-away" shot I've ever captured, though.
Zebra Longwing
Heliconius charitonia
Feminine and pretty, Flutter incorporates die-cut upcycled watercolor paper (from my student work hoarded over the years) on a background of aged paper from a 19th century Art History book that I decoupaged to thicker rag paper and cut into chunky shingles. Ombre ribbon festoons the top and all applied decoration is pinned and therefore could be removed and rearranged. I am working on some cake dummies to help the viewer visualize all my toppers but for now I'm posting these sitting upon my Milk Glass Cake Stand.
A picture from this series was entered into a Winter Wonderland 2012 make-up contest by Lady Venom Cosmetics. To see and vote for it with your "like", click here: www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151270437944356&set...