Gulf Fritillary on Yellow Zinnia

Gulf Fritillary on Yellow Zinnia

Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

This fritillary emerged in my house on a rainy day. I took the flower from my garden and taped it to another tripod and shot this at 0.8 sec and f/13 using the back door window for the natural background. No, I do not usually pose my butterfly photos!Photo taken in Orange Co., NC on November 05, 2002.

Created by: Rlephoto.

Tools Used: Canon 10D, 180mm macro lens, 550 EX flash

Created on: November 2002

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Image Number: 9707

Comments:

Amygale from Montreal, Quebec, Canada on Feb 19, 2008 at 9:17 AM said:

Unusuel visitor at home! He's very photogenic as in a studio. Very good!

Anne from West Virginia on Sep 15, 2006 at 9:58 PM said:

How very colorful!!!! Lydia, you are right about the opal color in white spots on wings. Beautiful. Lovely fritilliary also. A picture from Nature and rle photo. *g* I can almost feel it fluttery past me.

Lydia from Colorado on Oct 11, 2005 at 9:49 PM said:

This is amazing! It looks like the white spots on his wings are opal. How beautiful.

Alandra from southwestern BC Canada on Aug 12, 2005 at 1:13 PM said:

that is beautiful, missed seeing this one before. have never seen that type of butterfly

km from TX on Jul 28, 2005 at 3:04 PM said:

Another beautiful photo. Wow!

sparkle1103 from Illinois on May 6, 2005 at 8:55 PM said:

I love the color of the flowers and the butterfly. I love the detail also.

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