I took hundreds of photos at Brookgreen Gardens on Saturday. It took me a few days to go through all the shots, let alone draft a post. We started the day at the butterfly house and I seriously considered paying a second $3 for another 30 minutes in there:
We entered to a traffic jam since this luna moth was on a weeping cherry right by the entrance:
I'm sharing these photos with you in the order I took them. I literally had 8 other shots so similar to this one that it took me forever to choose just one:
Whereas I took only one photo of this butterfly (on the same Japanese maple) before it flew away:
We had to be careful because the butterflies were everywhere and quite "frisky" as described by the staffers:
How many butterflies do you see in this photo? I never thought about butterflies needing water:
So very nearly a perfect photo:
This is actually cropped quite a bit. I'm still learning to use my new camera, but I'm pretty happy I got the butterfly in focus:
This is the only butterfly that landed on someone while we were in the butterfly house, but apparently it's not unusual. Quite a few of the butterflies had some damage. I know I nearly stepped on a few:
Definitely calendar worthy:
As is this:
I went back around and visited with the luna moth again:
I just love this photo:
It's going to be incredibly difficult to pick one photo for April in next year's calendar. In fact, I could almost do a butterfly calendar. Maybe if I get another 4 good ones in the garden this year... More on Brookgreen Gardens and Myrtle Beach later in the week.
You definitely captured some wonderful photos! Nice! I love butterfly gardens. They are so much fun.
Posted by: meemsnyc | April 05, 2011 at 04:41 AM
What gorgeous photos! I love seeing the different varieties of butterfly and the plants they choose to land on.
Posted by: Genevieve | April 06, 2011 at 12:52 PM
"Oh!" I exclaimed out loud when I saw the first butterfly pic (the lunar moth), and my "ohs" got louder with each sucessive shot. Yes, you should definitely do a butterfly calendar! How totally lovely!!
Posted by: Mumer | April 06, 2011 at 04:11 PM
Meemsnyc -- Thanks! It was my first butterfly garden, but hopefully not my last.
Genevieve -- Thank you, it was quite an experience.
Mom -- We'll see what happens this summer. I'm a few pics short for a full calendar.
Posted by: Heather's Garden | April 14, 2011 at 01:51 PM
When did you go to the exhibit? Is this the one in SC? Was it worth the WHOLE $3.00 you had to shell out?
Posted by: Mark | October 26, 2011 at 08:35 PM