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Images => Nature, Flora, Fauna & Landscapes => Topic started by: Randy Stout on March 16, 2022, 18:14:40

Title: Blue Morpho Butterfly
Post by: Randy Stout on March 16, 2022, 18:14:40
This butterfly was captured yesterday at the local butterfly  exhibit in Grand Rapids, MI.  These are quite large butterflies, who love to fly around and tease a photographer, but generally sit with their wings closed.  So always a treat when one actually keeps the wings open for a bit.

Z9. 70-180 macro, R1C1 flash, hand held.

Cheers

Randy
Title: Re: Blue Morpho Butterfly
Post by: Robert Camfield on April 22, 2022, 03:05:19
Randy,

Quite the butterfly...just curious: what's the shooting distance, approximately?

Thanks, Robert
Title: Re: Blue Morpho Butterfly
Post by: Nasos Kosmas on April 22, 2022, 10:40:01
Excellent as usual  :)
Title: Re: Blue Morpho Butterfly
Post by: golunvolo on April 22, 2022, 12:07:17
What an specimen.

  Thanks for sharing it!
Title: Re: Blue Morpho Butterfly
Post by: Macro_Cosmos on May 30, 2022, 04:46:49
Morpho acrhilles lima (I think).
I have a photomicrograph of its "blue" scales, perhaps I should share it.  The scales are actually opaque and appear blue because of interference, this is called structural colouration.  The scales are also hydrophobic, truly an amazing creation of nature.