Lime Butterfly
Image – 1
Shooting Butterflies is a tricky affair especially in tropical countries. The opportunity they provide for a photographer is very brief. One has to be very much alert and observant. One must know their habits and food plants as well as the plants where they prefer to roost.
It is the migration time for butterflies and they are in the last leg of their migration in my part of India. Yesterday evening I was searching for such rooting butterflies in my garden ( designed to attract butterflies). And I found this beautiful “Lime Butterfly” which was fluttering here and there to find a suitable place to settle for the night. After I ensured its settlement I approached it in a very slow phased manner. First, I calculated the working distance by moving the camera to and fro and this gave me a hint as where to place my tripod. Then I mounted my Canon with 100mm Macro lens on the tripod with 580 Ex flash connected through an off the camera chord. Started to shoot making experiments with flash, giving importance to its texture.
As the shot was done after sunset by about 7 PM the background was rendered dark. I decided to continue my shooting tomorrow morning also.
Image – 2
I got up very early morning by about 5 am and visited the place where it was roosting yesterday. I was so lucky to find it there and waited for the sun to rise up to illuminate the background. I balanced the ambient light with my flash to take the above shot. The camera setting was the same as yesterday and in addition I used a cable release to trigger the shutter as the shutter speed was very low. The colors of the butterfly in both the images do differ from each other as they are lit by different sources.
Lime Butterflies are also known as Lemon butterfly, Citrus Butterfly, Lime swallowtail and Chequered Swallowtail. Their favorite plants are Curry-leaf, Citrus, Radish etc.,
I HAVE SEEN THE BUTTERFLY IMAGE.
EXCELLENT
HARDWORK PAYS.
THANK YOU
K.VIDYASAGAR
k.vidyasagar
26 Nov 09 at 11:53 am
DEAR MR SRINIVASAN
I FIND A LIMITED No” OF PHOTOS OF EXCELLELENT QUALITY.
PLZ LOAD ALL YOUR PHOTOS FOR EXIBIT IF POSIBILE
THANK YOU
K.VIDYASAGAR
k.vidyasagar
26 Nov 09 at 12:02 pm
nice shot sir! thanks for sharing the details
samsoncj
26 Nov 09 at 9:56 pm
Srini, your determination is an inspiration. Well deserved photograph.
Rishi
26 Nov 09 at 11:13 pm
Lovely pictures Sir. Have you got a picture with the wings open? It would have been so pretty with all the beautiful colors.
Uma
26 Nov 09 at 11:23 pm
Lovely Images and the butterflies are life like. The text is very informative.
SINDHU
27 Nov 09 at 5:35 pm
Both the images are of high class…..and you have described your camera work so vividly…it is indeed an education for a lot of people…..
Sumon Sinha
27 Nov 09 at 6:18 pm
awesome……….hats of to u sir……….i also agreed with sumon dada ……..& i am one of the student who learns lot of from ur work………….
sharad
27 Nov 09 at 7:14 pm
Hi Sreeniji, Great !!! You are an inspiration ! Thank you for the info.
vinod kumar M
27 Nov 09 at 7:22 pm
Hello uncle,
Excellent photographs and nice bit of information.
S.Bharath
27 Nov 09 at 7:58 pm
Hello Srini sir.. it’s simply superb shot…thaaru maara irukku… these photos help me to learn more.. thanks for sharing..
Ezhilarasu
27 Nov 09 at 10:26 pm
Excellent photography and a very good comparison to show how the same subject looks so different depending on the lighting. Nice Work! Thanks for sharing!!
Donna
28 Nov 09 at 6:59 am
Nice shot sir….:)
n.manogar
28 Nov 09 at 2:37 pm