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Flood of Colour

Yes, this is the background of my CarpeLumen Twitter account. I actually won an “award” for this photo on some site I was on in the past. The wife and I went on a weekend “getaway” – the weather was awful (rained until Sunday), so few pics of the falls were had, but we did [...]

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Lil Butterfly

This butterfly was smaller than most of the others with similar colouration. It was nice to catch one in isolation like this, as at times it can be quite chaotic inside the Butterfly Conservatory.

(Click Pic to View Full Version; Click Close or outside picture border to return)Shooting Details:

Focal Length:300mm | Shutter speed:1/200 | Aperture:ƒ/9Camera: Canon [...]

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Limey

A butterfly of unknown species, taken on a trip to Niagara Falls in 2007. This was shot with my old Rebel and my frustratingly soft 75-300 lens. I’d like to go back one day and take another crack at the butterflies in the Butterfly Conservatory.

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Red Spot

Apologies for the extreme lateness of this PotD… we were unexpectedly delayed when we went out this afternoon, and it turned into an all-evening adventure.
I wish I could tell you the species of this butterfly, but I can’t. There are many of these at the Butterfly Conservatory in Niagara Falls, and many other species as [...]

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