All the Shimmer - _TNY_0173
Most butterflies prefer to rest with their wings closed, but the blue morphos seem to be more prone to show the colours of the dorsal side of the wings than most.
This peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) was absolutely cool with me coming close - both with the camera here, but also with the phone camera, capturing a short video of it and how the wings shimmer here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54056957593/
And when I say "close" - this shot wasn't taken particularily close, both as I had the 180 mm Marco plus 2x teleconverter on the camera, but also as the blue morphos are large butterflies and can have a wingspan of 20 cm (nearly 8").
All the Shimmer - _TNY_0173
Most butterflies prefer to rest with their wings closed, but the blue morphos seem to be more prone to show the colours of the dorsal side of the wings than most.
This peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) was absolutely cool with me coming close - both with the camera here, but also with the phone camera, capturing a short video of it and how the wings shimmer here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54056957593/
And when I say "close" - this shot wasn't taken particularily close, both as I had the 180 mm Marco plus 2x teleconverter on the camera, but also as the blue morphos are large butterflies and can have a wingspan of 20 cm (nearly 8").