A Photo a Day by Bill Heller | ||
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Dryas julia Photos |
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Monday, February 27, 2006
Hiding Heliconian in a Strawberry TreeThis guy thought he had a good hiding place. And actually, he did. I was impressed by how his wings blended with the angle of the leaves. Fortunately, I found him anyway. |
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Sunday, February 26, 2006
Sunning Julia Heliconian ButterflyTook a while to get him to say cheese! :-D |
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Thursday, December 29, 2005
Julia MarigoldI like the way he matches the flower, almost like camouflage. |
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Monday, November 21, 2005
Another point of viewLike yesterday this is another image that was taken at the same time as a completely different looking shot of a similar subject. Although in this case it is not the exact same subject, you can see that changing only the angle and the view in the background give them a completely different feel. |
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
ButterflyI don't think he was actually eating from these flowers, he was just hanging out, literally. |
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Thursday, September 15, 2005
Abstract JuliaThe filters I use to take my close-ups are a combination of several lenses. This particular combination gives me an extremely low aperture, so there is only a very specific distance that is in focus. In this case only a couple of millimeters.The effect ends up looking like a painting, especially when enlarged. |
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Thursday, September 8, 2005
Julia HeliconianYesterday I went back to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. It is almost the end of the butterfly season there. Each year for the past few years they have had a live butterfly exhibit called "Butterflies Alive". Something that is done other places too, but from what I have seen their exhibit is particularly nice.In addition to getting some shots I am very happy with, I was finally able to identify this guy. He is from Texas or Northern Mexico. And, I found out that it was not that they are not documented well online, it is just that I did not recognize the images on the butterfly sites. Most of the images are taken with the wings stretched out making them look more of a classic butterfly shape. But, with the exception of a few basking in the sun, they seem to rarely hold their wings that way. They have a more stealth appearance in real life. |
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Tuesday, August 30, 2005
Basking ButterflyAt one point I knew what kind of butterfly this was. But it's name escapes me at the moment. And, if you have ever searched the Internet for butterflies you know there are about a million different kinds which makes identification a bit difficult. |
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Saturday, August 27, 2005
Posing ButterflyThis guy was posing so nicely. I particularly like the color of the leaves he is perched on. They go nice with his wings. |
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Thursday, July 14, 2005
Natural History on the WingThe Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History has a wonderful exhibit right now called "Butterflies Alive". It is basically a giant tent with thousands of live butterflies in it that you can actually walk through. It's really a great experience! |
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