A series I worked on in 2001. A coincidence of moments – a few days after talking to a friend about the old pin the bug science experiments we used to do in school I came across the Squished Fairy Book a children’s’ book about a girl who collects fairies in a scrap book by squishing them between the pages of her book. Loved it and decided to play around with the two ideas together. Interestingly when I first exhibited them I was abused by some of the gallery patrons for the ‘nasty’ ‘horrible’ work which ‘they would never have on their walls’.
In the summer, my backyard is full of butterflies Background blurred in Photoshop 7 © Cadence Gamache
I know there’s beautiful ladybird images on RB but this is the first one I’ve ever taken so I though I would share anyway, this one was sitting on a fushia flower… This image has also been purchased as a matted print, thank you once again to the buyer :o)
All profits from the sale of this work will be donated to Wildlife-Appeal. Tiny fly balancing on a tiny bloom in Spring – I had missed so much before I got into Macro photography and never cease to marvel at these wonderful creatures just getting on with their lives. /
The Butterfly Quote. One of my favourite quotes. Also available with a black background, and as a t-shirt. / / See The Butterfly Quote on my Squidoo! / / / / / Do you Squidoo? / / Visit With Love – Cards for all Occasions to see my greeting card, notecard & invitation designs. / / Infant & kid’s t-shirts, mugs, mousepads, hats, aprons, bags, magnets, stickers, buttons, keychains, postage & postcards are available on my zazzle. / / / / / / / / Also available with a black background / / / / / / / / / / The Butterfly Quote Custom US Postage Stamps [Purple] / / / / © LOUISE PARTON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Delicate and beautiful as the sun lights its wings from behind. With such tragically short lives of butterflies… I feel privileged to have seen it like this. Straight from the camera… no afterwork. LavenderMoon~
Mixed media: Gouache on collographic monotype Paper: 300gsm Hahnemulle printmaking paper First, the collograph was printed intaglio then relief printed a few times over that. / Second, when all the layers of ink were dry, I painted the dobson fly with gouache on top. Gouache is so good for painting over oil based inks. Surprising, no?
One of those lucky days when you find a ladybug and just happen to rent a house with gerbera daisies in the garden. Featured in: 1:1 Macro Photography / Super Macro Photography / 3rd in the Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (2 A Day) group challenge One For the Ladies!!!
Praying Mantis. This insect gets it’s name from the way in which it’s two front legs are bent and held together, suggesting the position of a prayer. Any profits made from the purchase of this piece, will be donated to the Wildlife-appeal / /
Two little Australian gum beetles having a game of hide and seek, taken in Tasmania, Australia. Taken with a Canon DSLR and Canon 100mm macro lens, with a sturdy tripod. Natural Light. My New 2010 Calender Featured in the following groups / Flowers in Macro / Australian Wildlife / A Beautiful Blur / Insects, bugs and creepy crawlies July 2009 / Backyard Close Ups Aug 2009 / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page / the image is called Peek A Boo! / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page / the image is called White Valley! Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all…* /
My little hopper was captured using a DSLR with a Canon 100mm macro lens and tripod. Photographed in Tasmania, Australia. Great card for any occassion…. / This image has been featured on the / Red Bubble home page March 2009 / Another one of my bug images has been featured on red bubble home page the image is called White Valley! Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all… / This image is also on page 10 of Red Bubble all time favourite images… see here />My New 2010 Calender / Chalenges Won / 1:1 Macro Photography Group: Won the March Avatar Challenge / A Photographer’s Craft group: Won February Challenge / The Woman Photographer Group: Macro Bugs Challenge and itty bitty teeny tiny (ie..very small) challenge FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: / Bubble $uccess Stories Sept 09 / Featured Only Sept 2009 / 1:1 Macro Photography Feb 2009 / A Photographer’s Craft Feb 2009 / Featured Only Aug 2009 / Canon DSLR Group Feb 2009 / The Woman Photographer March 2009 / Extreme Close-Ups March 2009 / All The Colors of the Rainbow April 2009 / Australian Wildlife June 2009 / Focus and Lighting July 2009 / If it doesn’t belong Sept 2009 / ! Bubble $uccess Stories ! I found this tiny little Australian Grasshopper hopping around in my vegi patch. The flowers photographed in this image where also from my garden. / Photographing grasshoppers was new to me when I found this little guy in my garden, he was so green and cute I had to try and get a photo of him. / He didn’t sit still for long, I had a few seconds, but when he looked straight at me I knew (hoped) this is going to be very special. !another one of my bug pics called White Valley! has been featured on red bubble home page March 2009 / Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all… / http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/gamam1/congratulations8.jpg / yeyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!
Acrylic On Canvas (Image has been digitally manipulated) What if you woke up one day and to your amazement found a tree growing on your head with all your favorite things? It did happen to one girl whose name was Christabel…some said she became a tree eventually….and if you ever see a tree growing with teacups and music notes, that’s her :D / You can view and buy my other “She Grows A Tree” creations from my Zazzle Gallery:
Featured in Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! April 18, 2009. / Featured in Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies Group February 8, 2009. / Winner of the “Backed in Black” Challenge in Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlies Group Challenge February 7, 2009. The fritillaries and other butterflies and I got to be great friends during the warm weather last year. A wonderful benefit of all the hard work in the garden is not only pretty flowers, but the guests they entice to visit!! Image taken July 2, 2008 with the Nikon D40x, using the Nikon 70-300mm VR lens.
This image was captured in the highlands of Tasmania, using a Canon DSLR and a 100mm Canon macro lens and always a tripod.. / This image has been featured on / red bubble home page Two home page features in one week….so excited. thank you all…! / / My New 2010 Calender !features.jpghttp://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u58/gamam1/congratulations8.jpg! White Valley has been featured in the folowing groups / The Woman Photographer Feb 2009 / 1 ARTISTS OF REDBUBBLE Feb 2009 / Butterflies, Skippers, Feb 2009 / Ladybugs Feb 2009 / Focus and Lighting July 2009 / Your Accepted / See my other pic featured on home page this week March 2009 /
Great Christmas gift....order now!!!!!!!!! Sold several here on Red Bubble, thank you to all my mystery buyers Bought many myself last week, they are brilliant quality I am very impressed with the printing, binding and photo quality, could even be cut out of the calendar and framed, perfect for decorating your home, shop or children’s room Also selling through some Galleries, gift shops and florists here in Tasmania Sold many to Friends & family which I have bought myself then on sold…thank to everyone who has bought my art, I am truly grateful A Bug’s World 2010 Calendar contains Macro images (very close up photographs) of tiny bugs including ladybugs, grasshoppers and gum beetles and more, exploring the natural world. The photos are very colorful, cute, fun and detailed. / All the photographs are taken in Tasmania, Australia and were captured with a macro lens which allows you to see great detail which we don’t always see every day with our naked eye. / RedBubble calendars are printed on an HP Indigo 5000 (for those who haven’t heard, this is the digital press). Each page is a satin-coated prints on 170gsm high quality art paper. The cover shows your choice of image on heavier 300gsm paper. Your calendars have a hanger and white wire binding. / RedBubble calendars are satin-coated prints on high quality art paper. They’re A3 size (that’s 297×420mm, or 11.69×16.54”) Order now for the holidays! /
Acrylic On Canvas What if you woke up one day and to your amazement found a tree with all your favourite things growing on your head? It did happen to one girl whose name was Christabel…some said she became a tree eventually….and if you ever see a tree growing with teacups and music notes, that’s her :D / / I have also uploaded another image of this
Top Ten in Color Me A Rainbow’s “Best of Featured Pink Works” April 2, 2009. / Winner of the “Breaking the Rules II: Depth of Field” Challenge in Photography 101 and Featured in the group, March 30, 2009. / Featured in Color Me A Rainbow March 26, 2009. / Featured in # 1 Artists of Redbubble February 19, 2009. / Featured in Macro Photography February 19, 2009. / Featured in Dimensions February 17, 2009.* Another one of my shy garden guests from last summer. I think one of the things I like about this one is it sort of gives a bug’s eye view of the world … their little world!!! Image taken on August 15, 2008 with the Nikon D40x, using the Nikon 60mm macro lens. Shutter Speed 1/800, aperture f/7.1, exposure -.33 and iso 200. Slightly cropping to bring the butterfly into the sweet spot.
Self portrait – Self painted. – Canon Sold piece / Oct 09 – Featured in the group “Bits & Pieces” Sep 09 – Won the challenge Purple passion in the Makeup Creations group Apr 09 – Featured in the group: Makeup Creations Apr 09 – Featured in the group: Strictly human faces Apr 09 – Featured in the group: Behind the mask May 09- Featured in the group: Latin flair
Featured Bee and Wasp Passions 26/07/09 Bee’s are one of my favourite subjects to photograph, they are so busy going about their daily routine they don’t pay much regard to anything thats going on around them ,l wish l could be as focussed as they are ! Taken in the botanical gardens in Ballarat Victoria on an Olympus c760 uz 3.2mp macro mode hand held {Reload} Exp 1/500s / F/3.2 / iso 64 / Exp Bias -0.30 / 10.9mm FL / Auto WB
Featured in Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland August 23, 2009. Best Viewed Full Size This little image is only one of nearly 400 (yes, I discovered the rapid fire thingie on the new camera over the weekend) I took of these most amazing creatures. It means the world to me that I was able to play with them as I’ve never seen a Monarch in our garden in Maryland. The “lawn” to the cabin next to ours on Blue Knob Mountain in Claysburg Pennsylvania has been left uncut all summer … and the most incredible wild vegetation has grown up. One is this pretty purple flowered stalk … which happen to be very much beloved by the Monarch Butterflies. Image taken with the Nikon D300 and the 70-300mm vr Nikon lens at shutter speed 1/160, aperture f/10.0, exp 0.00, iso 800. Focal length 220mm.
Nikon D40 with 18-55mm GII lens / 55mm ~ 1/320’s ~ f / 9 ~ ISO=200 / Hand Held / Auto Focus / RAW / Processed in Nikon Capture NX 2 software / _______ TOP TEN FINISH / CHALLENGE ~ / Show Your Favorite Subject To Photograph / FOCUS and LIGHTING GROUP / 10/23/2009 / _______ TOP TEN FINISH / CHALLENGE – DISCOVER NEW WORLDS ~ MACRO / MOOD & AMBIENCE GROUP / 09/21/2009 / ________ / / 09/14/2009 / ________ / 09/06/2009 / ________ / ________ / ________
I had a vision to turn my colorful bug images into sepia toned black and white images with a touch of color. But didn’t know how, until today….. So a big thank you to two wonderful people here at Red bubble, Diane Schuster for all her help in teaching me and also to Prasad for his very helpful tutorial… / Love to know what you all think of my new work…..photograph taken in Tasmania, Australia, using a 100mm Canon macro lens and Canon DSLR. My New 2010 Calender *FEATURED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS: / A Photographer’s Craft / Depth Of Field / Style! Class! Elegance! Excellence! *
Canon 350D / F/5.6 / 1/400seg / ISO-100 I was sitting day dreaming on my varanda and this most beautiful (and the biggest) butterfly that I had ever seen came to visit my Bougainvillea. When I realised I wasn’t still day dreaming (as I never get the honour of such beautiful visitors) I ran inside to get my camera half expecting she would have already gone! It was so hard as she kept fluttering around but I manage to get this shot. / This is very new to me as I have never been able to capture something as beautiful as this. 170 views at the time of entering the 100+ group Featured in Dimensions 14th November 2009 / Featured in Backyard Macros and Close ups 14th November 2009 / Featured in Portugal 15th November 2009
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