butterfly exhibit: Butterfly Dance: Capturing a Moment in Time
- 05/22/11 11:15 AM
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. … (7 comments)
butterfly exhibit: When Butterflies Are Blooming in Southwest Michigan
- 05/17/11 07:53 AM
Every Spring in March and April, there is an exhibit in Grand Rapids, at the Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park featuring butterflies from around the world. You can walk into the exhibit, and see a wide variety of butterflies of all different colors. I wrote a prior blog post on this exhibit, and included some of the photos I took when there. However, I have since compiled a video of a lot of the film I shot as I wandered through the exhibit, so I thought I would share that video in a new separate blog entry. Nothing to me says … (7 comments)
butterfly exhibit: Butterfly Exhibit Video
- 04/21/11 05:32 AM
The Fredrick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park in Grand Rapids, Michigan has an annual exhibit featuring butterflies from Asia, Africa and South America. I recently went there on an excursion with my wife for an afternoon to see the butterfly atrium at the gardens. Along with taking photos, which I included in my other blog post on this subject yesterday, I also shot a lot of video. Last night I had some time and edited the content we shot into a short video, and I posted it on YouTube. I do not know if you have ever tried to photograph or … (3 comments)
butterfly exhibit: Butterflies at the Fredrick Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
- 04/19/11 07:43 AM
It has been a few years since I visited the butterfly exhibit at the Fredrick Meijer Gardens and Sculpture park in Grand Rapids, Michigan. I went there this past Sunday with my wife, and we spent several hours there. The exhibit runs from March 1st through April 30th, and the butterfly exhibit offers an escape from the bitterness of winter. When we went, it was windy and chilly outside, but when you walk into the enclosed exhibit, it was hot and humid, so you soon removed your coat. Butterflies are warmer weather creatures. There is a nice ventilation system in the … (5 comments)
I enjoying looking at the lighter side of life. So, this blog is about my wacky observations, my sometimes sideways point of view and the Southwest Michigan, Battle Creek Area Real Estate Market.
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. 
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