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Butterfly Dance: Capturing a Moment in Time

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Real Estate Broker/Owner with North Sky Realty LLC 6502410580

Sometimes playing around with a high quality camera, even an amateur photographer like myself can get a great photo or two.  Here are two photos I snapped with my Canon Rebel at the Butterfly exhibit at the Frederik Meijer Gardens in Grand Rapids about a month ago. 

Earlier I was trying to hard to shoot the butterflies by hoping they would stay still long enough for the shutter.  After capturing a lot of great photos of bushes and other backgrounds, with no butterfly, I decided to try a few shots anticipating where they were headed and snap in front of them.  The process is similar to trap and skeet shooting if you have ever done it. 

The two photos below were taken one after the other as fast as I could hit the high speed shutter.  You can see that there are two of the larger butterflies, moving very fast in a mating ritual.  They actually hovered over a brochure with butterfly photos on it that was in this mans rear pocket. 

When I went through this exhibit, I carried a yellow back pack with me, and I later learned from other visiting the exhibit that all the butterflies were behind me landing on the pack.  Didn't I look like the fool with my camera searching aimlessly for butterflies to focus on?

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Comments (7)

Patricia Feager, MBA, CRS, GRI,MRP
DFW FINE PROPERTIES - Flower Mound, TX
Selling Homes Changing Lives

Are you sure those were butterflies or moths coming out of his back wallet?

Only kidding... What great photography. It pays to be in the right place at the right time and you captured the moment perfectly!

Patricia

May 22, 2011 12:28 PM
Tony & Darcy Cannon
Aubrey and Associates Realty - Layton, UT
The C Team

Michael, I love the photo!  Very cool!

May 22, 2011 04:26 PM
The Scott Loper Team Bux-Mont Premier Properties
Keller Williams Real Estate - Montgomeryville - Lansdale, PA

Hi Michael,

I love butterfly exhibits.  It is a shame that you were aware of how you were attracting them.

Lisa

May 23, 2011 12:56 AM
Joshua Zargari
MJ Decorators Workshop LI staging and home decorating - Lynbrook, NY
MJ Decorators Workshop

Hi Michael.

A nice photo indeed.

May 24, 2011 07:03 AM
Rob Thomas
Prestige Homes of The Tri Cities, Inc. CALL....423-341-6954 - Bristol, TN
Bristol TN-VA & Tri Cities Agent, ABR, GRI, e-Pro

Michael.....great shot.....Nice post!
Hope you had a great day!!!---Rob

May 24, 2011 01:06 PM
Connie Harvey
Pilkerton Realtors - Brentwood, TN
Realtor - Nashville TN Real Estate

I love the photo of them pratically landing in his pocket. Good shot!

May 26, 2011 08:23 AM
Debbie Walsh
SHAHAR Management - Middletown, NY
Hudson Valley NY Real Estate 845.283-3036

How cool is that?

Jun 19, 2011 07:09 AM