Good Karma - _TNY_3108
When visiting the Haga Ocean butterfly house, I quite enjoy speaking with the other visitors. Like the young girl and her mom I met today.
I had just spotted an emerald peacock (Papillio palinurus), also known as the green-banded peacock - which is one of my favourite species. I saw that the girl (named Mio?) where photographing butterflies with her smartphone so I called her over and said that she should taka a photo of the one by me so she did.
After the both of us had taken our photos, they moved on - and she immediately found another one! Low down and hidden, but clearly in better shape than the one I found.
So, this is Mio's emerald peacock, on a leaf, like 10 centimeters / 4" off the gound and hidden under a large leaf. Thanks Mio!
Since I shoot there with a tripod (as using a flash is prohibited), I was able to slow the shutter speed down a lot and still get a sharp shot. This was with a 3 second shutter so I got enough light in for a proper exposure even though it was "in the dark".
Good Karma - _TNY_3108
When visiting the Haga Ocean butterfly house, I quite enjoy speaking with the other visitors. Like the young girl and her mom I met today.
I had just spotted an emerald peacock (Papillio palinurus), also known as the green-banded peacock - which is one of my favourite species. I saw that the girl (named Mio?) where photographing butterflies with her smartphone so I called her over and said that she should taka a photo of the one by me so she did.
After the both of us had taken our photos, they moved on - and she immediately found another one! Low down and hidden, but clearly in better shape than the one I found.
So, this is Mio's emerald peacock, on a leaf, like 10 centimeters / 4" off the gound and hidden under a large leaf. Thanks Mio!
Since I shoot there with a tripod (as using a flash is prohibited), I was able to slow the shutter speed down a lot and still get a sharp shot. This was with a 3 second shutter so I got enough light in for a proper exposure even though it was "in the dark".