I have one!
The other day I had a lady ask how I managed to get such good butterfly photos. Well, the truth of the matter is that I don't always.
Sometimes the butterfly is picture perfect, but the flower is crummy. With all of the beautiful coneflowers around, this Red Admiral chose to land on one of the spent blooms that I was allowing to go to seed. Ugliest flower on the place. Go figure. I've read about photographers who put pillowcases over plants to insure that the butterfly lights on a specific flower. That sounds like a lot of work to me, plus it would create more laundry to do.
Then there are those times when the flower is fine, the background is soft, and I get really excited. But the butterfly is missing part of its tail. I'm sure there are those out there who could photoshop the image and make it perfect. I'm not that good.
Another example is the Julia Heliconian below. Would have been nice...if a bird hadn't tried to use it for lunch.
So here's my True Confession: when you see a good butterfly photo that I've taken, rest assured that many (MANY) others went into the Delete/Recycle file during the selection process.
It's very rare when all of the elements come together, and I just happen to get that lucky shot.
