I was going to crop in close for an even better look at the eggs but I just love the leaf they are on….... Hmmmm wonder what caterpillar will hatch from these?
Agraulis Vanillae ; Gulf Fritillary Butterfly , resting on a leaf Featured: Macro untouched Group, September 2009 / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- / —-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-—-- 2009 BUTTERFLIES CALENDAR / / / / / / / Or a T-Shirt to go along with /
Vibrant caterprillar comes to electrifying life.
We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think its forever. Carl Sagan (1934-1996)
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Image by photographer Glennis Siverson, www.glennisphotos.com.
hey mom! your baby’s growing! :) featured in RB’s homepage on 11 April 2008… thanks RB!!
hey mom! your baby’s growing! :)
Found this Swallowtail Caterpillar starting to prepare its chrysalis on a leaf on a tree in our garden … it had just started to spin its threads and was suspended above the leaf .. Classification / Kingdom: Animalia / Phylum: Arthropoda / Class: Insecta / Order: Lepidoptera / Family: Papilionidae / Genus: Papilio / Species: Papilio cresph Location: Pierce County, Georgia – USA PHOTO UNTOUCHED Camera Info: Fuji Finepix s700
Three leaf clover after a winters rain. ○Shot in RAW- / ○Shutter speed 1/100sec / ○ Fstop: f/2.8 / ○Lens:EF 100mm f/2.8 macro
Oil Pastel and Acrylic on old wood with slight digital enhancements Ophelia, puzzled by the radical transformation that had taken place overnight to this butterfly friend of hers, thought to herself, “She was in a white thread-like casing yesterday, how did all that happen so fast? There must be something magical about that case!” This is inspired by a book Hope For The Flowers by Trina Paulus. This is a cute and yet thought provoking story about two caterpillars who because they mistake the meaning of their urge to get high, get entangled climbing a horrible “caterpillar pillar”. And for two caterpillars, we all know, surrendering to the cocoon is the only way to finally fly. Hope For the Flowers is a book that celebrates HOPE. My fave lines from the book is “How does one become a butterfly?” She asked pensively. “You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” We are all meant to be as beautiful and free like the butterflies, that’s our destiny…as we free ourselves to be who we really are…and together with our innate talents,we bring hope to the world around us, bringing change inevitably around us :D / You can view and buy my other “Metamorphosis” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
I hope you enjoy this pretty little butterfly that I took in my garden this past summer :) He didn’t seem to mind me poking around with my camera… I was glad of the opportunity! He didn’t stay long but I managed to get a few good shots! I adore the markings and colourings of his wings! Isn’t that red/orange colour just stunning! I’m very proud of this photo, I really love how it turned out. Looking back and my gallery from beginning to now, I can truly see how I have grown as a photographer and this fact makes me very happy and accomplished :heart: Certainly I have a long way to go yet, but the nice thing about this hobby is that I am very passionate about it. Hopefully some day I can do something more with photography. That’ll be so amazing! Thanks to the investigative brilliance of a friend, I’ve found out the name of this pretty butterfly! It is called “American Lady – Vanessa virginiensis” They seem to be common to New England, though I am guessing generally on the East coast (since I’m in Virginia ^^;) and are under the category of “Anglewings” Camera: Taken with a Canon Rebel XTi / Cropping, small hue/tint adjustments + Sig: Adobe Photoshop CS2 © SilverDew All comments are welcomed and appreciated. Full view is best! Random work on my RedBubble:
projecteurs… on tourne ! / sorry it goes with the title and I don’t know how to translate this all yet… a little help… a shamrock in the role of a butterfly ^^ - / - / this is part of Variance Collections (variation of colors from a same picture) and will be added in my catalogue. I will add the link to the whole collection when up and ready in my other RB gallery. / - / Copyrighted work / - / /
I’m not entirely sure how I did this. I know I took away the background from the tiny Small Copper butterfly, perched it on some leaves floating in the lake & fiddled with some layer stuff. It’s just for fun, not a serious attempt at layering, but it’s a beginning. The butterfly should have a reflection, one day it might, if I can figure it out. I don’t think I can do this again as it was all just playing and I can’t remember the sequence of events, but who knows where it will lead? / 011208 / PSE7 This sky where we live / Is no place to lose your wings. / So love, love, love. / Hafiz حافظ Human beings are members of a whole, / In creation of one essence and soul. / If one member is afflicted with pain, / Other members uneasy will remain. / If you have no sympathy for human pain, / The name of human you cannot retain. / Saadi “Of one Essence is the human race, / thus has Creation put the base; / One Limb impacted is sufficient / For all Others to feel the Mace ” / —Saadi (1184–1283) “There is only one sacred manuscript, the sacred manuscript of Nature, which alone can enlighten the reader.” Hazrat Inayat Khan All profits from my sales will be donated to Butterfly Conservation. My Images Do Not Belong To The Public Domain. All images and writing are copyright © jesika 2005-2009. All Rights Reserved. Copying, altering, displaying or redistribution of any of these images without written permission from the artist is strictly prohibited. picasaweb
a butterfly on a leaf. turned b/w. Photo taken 2007 Altered in 2008 Nikon D80
Acrylic On Canvas All the subjects in the forest respect and adore their Guardian, Lady Leah. She loves and cares for the forest like her family and does her constant utmost best to protect this beautiful habitat that is home to thousands of different species, saving them from the ill fate that mankind brings upon them. You can view and purchase my other “The Forest Guardian” products over at my Zazzle Gallery:
Two little butterflies are mating on the leaf.
This is an Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly / Featured in Just Pure Nature – Oct 09 / / / Welcome! Thanks For Stopping By And taking A Look. / All Comments and Fav’s Are Truely Appreciated. Thank You!!! / / / /
A dead leaf butterfly ….One of the best of nature’s camoflage tricks
Some of my little drawings put together on Photoshop / and the tree with leafs i made with Brushes from the wonderful Obsidiandawn /
Some amazing stock Brushes from Obsidiandawn and Midnightstouch
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