photoartflightRed-Spotted Purple Butterflies
Since we are following stay at home guidelines these were taken on a photo walk at Plainsboro Preserve last year to look for dragonflies. We only saw a few dragonflies and most were very worn looking. But then we saw quite a few Red-Spotted Purple Butterflies. I was shooting @ 600mm and for closeups I did a series of different focus points and then let Photoshop align and combine the sharpest areas into the final image. The featured image was 3 shots, the one below was only 2 before it flew off.
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Great work, Reed!
Thanks! Wish I could go out to photograph here, but we can only go out in our yard and not too many photo subjects there yet!
Beautifully captured!
Thanks Belinda! Butterflies are fun to photograph! Plus it is nice to practice handheld multi-image photos! The more you do, the better they come out.
Nice pristine individual, Reed. It’s a beauty.
Thanks Steve! It was nice to find them in good condition!