First visit to the Butterfly Encounter

[Nancy A Elwood]

Hi all. I went to the Butterfly Encounter in Gainesville, Fl yesterday for the first time. Very nice, and this time of year VERY hot:eek:!!! But, definitely worth returning to in the fall. All different kinds with really lovely colors! This is one of the images and would someone help with the ID and a good butterflies of the world guide to get. I walked out without buying the guide, must of been the heat :p. Thanks for all comments . Taken with a D300, Nikon 70-300VR with 20mm extension tube, iso 500, f 16, 1/60 with fill flash.

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[Fabs Forns]

Tell me about hot, we almost melted this morning at the macro class, 93 degrees and I don't even want to know about the humidity. Very nice profile, neat specimen, a plus, sometimes we don't realize they have a piece of wing missing till we see the picture!
I'm bad with ID, but we have those in Butterfly World here.

[Alfred Forns]

I like it a lot Nancy Difficult getting clean bg in those places and imagine you can not use a tripod? Good dof and sharp throughout but keeping the bg soft and pleasing !!! Big Congrats !!!

[James Salywoda]

Such a beautiful butterfly excellent detail and a nice composition.

[Julie Kenward]

It's definitely a heliconian butterfly and I believe it's an Erato Heliconian. I really like the image overall but I have to say...that yellow tongue sticking out takes it over the top for me! Great catch, Nancy!

[Nancy A Elwood]

Thanks so much Fabs, Al, James and Jules. Jules thanks for the name! There were a lot of them that I found with the yellow tongue, but this one was my favorite. I tell you what this macro stuff is fun and has really kept me going with this season being so odd with far less birding opportunities. In fact I have redesigned my booth for the upcoming art festival season and have done a few 30x40 canvases of the butterflies.