Butterflies in their habitat, Both Jack and Guy have entered with sort of shot before, and done well in the voting.
But the wording needs to be right, "A butterfly in its habitat or environment" is just going to end up with a load of messy pictures, with a butterfly hid amongst a load of grass.
But "A butterfly within a landscape" could be interesting. I don't know how many of you have read Richard Tratt's book "Butterfly Landscapes", inspiring.
How about "A unique look at a butterfly"? Showing something you wouldn't normally see when you look at/watch or photograph a butterfly, get people to be creative about their photography to show of something different about their subject.
How about 'Butterflies as Prey'...whether grabbed by a crab spider, in a flycatchers beak, in a web (yawn...) or in a bats mouth (wow!) Both species ought to be identifiable though. Maybe extend the rules to include caterpillars or pupa (was it Guy who recently posted the amazing pic of a Forest Bug with its proboscis deep within a WLH pupa? Winner!)
Raising £10,000 for Butterfly Conservation by WALKING 1200 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats!!!
See http://www.justgiving.com/epicbutterflywalk or look up Epic Butterfly Walk on Facebook.
Which leads on to the concept of "predation" which might include, along with the crab spiders, the various parasitic wasps and flies that are inextricably entwined with the life cycles of butterflies.
There could be a category where the requirement is a photograph that shows a pin sharp head and thorax but it being acceptable that the furthest (or nearest) antenna is out of focus as this is unavoidable to ensure a thoroughly blurred non-distracting background
Jack
Last edited by Jack Harrison on Fri Feb 25, 2011 7:02 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Depends on the species Jack, an Orange-tips for example nearly always keep their antenna together, where as a Pearl Bordered Fritillary, even at rest has its antenna in a distinct V, and stop stirring.
There could be a category where the requirement is a photograph that shows a pin sharp head and thorax but it being acceptable that the furthest (ore nearest) antenna is out of focus as this is unavoidable to ensure a thoroughly blurred non-distracting background
Well this is fine, but personally i do like sharp antennae, which means that small apertures and carefully selected backgrounds (as distant as possible) are in order. I'm not gonna vote for blurry sensors.
I was telling my dear wife about this phrase. She is well edecated, like, know what I meen? So I have just been put in my place for being so igerant, Suzie is currently doing an MA (distance learning) so has lots of reference books. She has just weighed her "bible" on the kitchen scales (at least she know where she is supposed to be) and it weighed a massive 2 kilograms plus.
More big words courtesy Suzie: didactic, heuristic, viagra.
Hey, if the topic's going to be 'Butterfly Tattoos' I reckon my girlfriend is in with a winning chance - anatomically correct Glanville Frit on her chest. C'mon guys, you KNOW you want to see THAT!!
Raising £10,000 for Butterfly Conservation by WALKING 1200 miles from Land's End to John O'Groats!!!
See http://www.justgiving.com/epicbutterflywalk or look up Epic Butterfly Walk on Facebook.
Gibster wrote:Hey, if the topic's going to be 'Butterfly Tattoos' I reckon my girlfriend is in with a winning chance - anatomically correct Glanville Frit on her chest. C'mon guys, you KNOW you want to see THAT!!
Take pity and make an old man happy.... Pleeeeese!
Hey, if the topic's going to be 'Butterfly Tattoos' I reckon my girlfriend is in with a winning chance - anatomically correct Glanville Frit on her chest. C'mon guys, you KNOW you want to see THAT!!