Eye to eye with a butterfly

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Eye to eye with a butterfly

June 1, 2015 by Mike Powell

Eye to eye with a butterfly—it’s fun trying to capture subjects from different angles, in this case a Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly (Speyeria cybele) at Huntley Meadows Park in Alexandria, Virginia.

Posted in Art, Butterflies, Insects, Macro Photography, Nature, Photography, spring | Tagged Alexandria VA, Canon 50D, Great Spangled Fritillary, Great Spangled Fritillary butterfly, Huntley Meadows Park, Speyeria cybele, Tamron 150-600mm telephoto | 9 Comments

9 Responses

on June 1, 2015 at 6:06 am | Reply New Hampshire Garden Solutions

That first shot is one you don’t see very often!
- on June 1, 2015 at 1:17 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  I was fortunate when the butterfly turned in my direction and bent down a little–the flower was high enough that I could shoot upwards.
on June 1, 2015 at 6:13 am | Reply svtakeiteasy

Beautiful and unusual angle in the first shot! Great images, Mike!
- on June 1, 2015 at 1:18 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks. I love shooting relatively ordinary subjects with an unusual twist, in this case the angle.
on June 1, 2015 at 6:27 am | Reply luckykaye

Brilliant photo Mike. He looks like an aeroplane!
on June 1, 2015 at 8:06 am | Reply Ginny48

Beautiful photos, Mike, but that first one is incredible!!!
- on June 1, 2015 at 1:21 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks, GInny. I was pretty lucky that the various elements of the photo (the wings, the eyes, the proboscis, and the flower) worked together pretty well, letting me get a really cool shot.
on June 1, 2015 at 10:45 am | Reply Sukanya Ramanujan

Great shots!
- on June 1, 2015 at 1:21 pm | Reply Mike Powell
  
  Thanks.