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Butterfly Games

Butterfly Games

A group of Tiger Yellow Swallowtail Butterflies appeared to be playing a game near the lake side....likely a prelude to some type of mating ritual....
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A group of Tiger Yellow Swallowtail Butterflies appeared to be playing a game near the lake side....likely a prelude to some type of mating ritual.
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camera

SONY ILCE-7M4

settings

settings

Aperture 9/1 ISO 800 Shutter 1/2000 Focal Length 8400/10

location

location

Steamboat Springs, Colorado, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jul, 2023

Views

67

Likes

+26

Awards

Peer Award

+10

Top Choice

+5

Absolute Masterpiece

Superb Composition

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Beautiful capture. I have yet to photograph a yellow swallowtail this year.

Platinum

Thank you, Ross! Butterflies are one of my favorite creatures in the animal kingdom to capture.

Ultimate

Aah! Blessed with more butterflies!

Platinum

Thank you, Debbie! Love butterflies...the challenge here was to get them in flight!

Excellent shot & lovely

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Thank you, Khoit! Something in small, erratic and in motion - fun challenge!

Butterfly dancers!

Platinum

Thank you, Sam! The entire transformation through metamorphosis is a miracle and the end result is priceless!

PRO+

Ohhh . . . very cool! Great timing, Ron!

PRO

Perfectly timed Ron.

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