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Title: Butterfly at lunch
Post by: Barbarian on August 18, 2007, 10:32:50 PM
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Title: Re: Butterfly at lunch
Post by: Pat on August 18, 2007, 10:53:02 PM
Now, that's an image!

That's incredible!  Love it!  So sharp!

Title: Re: Butterfly at lunch
Post by: JudyB on August 22, 2007, 12:47:29 PM
It is beautiful!  Do the inside of the wings have a purple tint?

Your image is sharp and the butterfly beautiful.  Way to go!
Title: Re: Butterfly at lunch
Post by: Al Moak on August 22, 2007, 02:53:41 PM
I agree - that's reall quite a sharp image, good contrast, wonderful color contrasts as well.
Title: Re: Butterfly at lunch
Post by: Barbarian on August 22, 2007, 07:10:04 PM
Hard to say.   The lower part of the butterfly has a yellow cast from the light coming off the flower.   I don't remember a purple cast on the upper wing surface, so it could just be the contrast with the warm color below.

Title: Re: Butterfly at lunch
Post by: JudyB on August 27, 2007, 11:52:26 AM
Ahhhh Yes that could be. 

We had a catterpillar here that spun its cocoon and in about 10 day out came this beautiful butterfly.  Black wings with white spots along the edges of the wings.  Then there were electric blue spots not much larger than the head of a straight pin along the edges of the wings as well just inside of the white spots.  The rest of the butterfly was black.  There are so many varieties in God's paintbrush.

Your pictures are beautiful.
Title: Re: Butterfly at lunch
Post by: Barbarian on August 30, 2007, 12:45:39 AM
The surprising thing is, whenever we learn why they look like that, or act as they do, it turns out there is a functional reason for it.

In God's creation, beauty is reasonable, as well as beautiful.