Some eyes are amazing

[Barr1e]

A visit to St. Albans butterfly sanctuary yesterday resulted in some happy photographers. We had hoped to take some shots of the butterfly gardens outside and the grounds in general. Unfortunately, a cloud burst and heavy rains put a stop to that. We were however delighted to take pictures of the tropical butterflies they breed and show in the Tropical Butterfly House.

Here are just a few - I was amazed at the size of some of them.

Leaf butterfly, super colours when the wings are open


Owl Butterfly, particularly large.


Swallowtail


Tiger Longwing I fell in love with this one.




Another visit is a must as we wish to capture the butterflies out in the wild, I'm sure the large gardens here must attract many species.

https://www.butterflyworldproject.com

E-5 - 70-300 lens - f.8 - iso 400 - ev varied and on board flash used in some cases.

Regards. Barr1e

[Ian]

Re: Some eyes are amazing

The rain yesterday was inconvenient but welcome, I'm sure you will agree

I have heard of the butterfly sanctuary but not visited so will have to put that on my to-do list!

Ian

[Guest]

Re: Some eyes are amazing

Hi Barrie, I visited that farm last year with my sister who was visiting from Australia. It is certainly amazing and well worth a visit, although I would advis avoiding the school holidays if possible. Here are one or two that I took with the Lumix G1:-

This one settled on my sister's hat. !!




These last two were taken with the butterflies perched on some overripe bananas.

[Barr1e]

Re: Some eyes are amazing

Hi Dennis -

Pleased you and your sister enjoyed the visit. Nice shots - the owl butterflies certainly like feasting on fruit.

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I agree Ian the rain here is most welcome - unfortunately it means the lawn (patch) will need cutting.

Thanks both.

Regards. Barr1e

[OlyPaul]

Re: Some eyes are amazing

Nice images guys, after seeing these I may have to put one of these places on my to do list.