Sunday, June 26, 2011

Why Did I Wear Blue Today?

Normally, what color I wear to the Detroit Zoo wouldn't matter. But today it seemed important to a large blue butterfly. The blue only shows when they land with their wings open, which is very rare.

I was sitting in the butterfly house ( which is in what was once the old bird house), with my husband between trying to get some images of the hundreds of butterflies flitting around us.


When a huge blue butterfly started to flit from my husband to me. He or she finally settled on my hand and proceeded to check me out with his/ her proboscis. (tongue). I sat there for about 15 to 20 minutes while the butterfly checked me out. It didn't hurt, but when the legs moved I felt the barbs.

Cathy @ Celtic Cat Photos 

7 comments:

  1. Gorgeous images! What lens did you use? I could almost feel the legs on me, as I read your description : )- Beautiful butterfly ...

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  2. Oh, Cathy, what awesome shots and I completely agree with DogBreedz re: "feel the legs on me, etc."
    Have a great day filled with peace, Judi

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  3. DogBreedz, my husband took them with a Pentax and a 28 to 300mm len.

    Thank You DogBreedz and Judi for stopping by!

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  4. What a beautiful butterfly. I would have been totally mesmerized and missed the shot! Great work Cathy.

    Cheers!
    Julie
    Julie Magers Soulen Photography

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  5. Thanks for the kind words, Julie. And thank you for stopping by!

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  6. Awww, this must have been so much fun! How cool that the zoo has a butterfly house now~I do remember the aviary.

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