Butterfly in the Mist, Pt. 2 - TNY_2409

This shot is a bit softer than it should have been - but there is a reason.

The butterfly house I visit every now and then have a large plexiglas cabinet where they hang bamboo sticks with all the coccoons so they can hatch directly out into the "jungle".

An issue with this is that in a tropically warm garden/jungle/whatever like this, you are bound to get inhabitants you might not particularily want - like cockroaches and ants.

Imagine being an ant in this place. Perfect weather, no winter ever and the humans bring in butterflies as food every week.

In an attempt to not have ants invade the chrysalis/coccoon cabinet, it is built on two poles sticking out of a small pond working as an ant moat and in there they have a machine which produces damp smoke which I figure will increase the humitity of the air which should aid the emerging butterflies to get their wings out and working properly.

Either way, this yellow-edged giant owl butterfly (Caligo atreus) was sitting (standing?) on a rock inside all that smoke so I had to mess a bit with the shot in Photoshop to get it clearer. Bloody pretty butterfly either way.

Part 1 here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52375681527/

Taken in: Sweden / Stockholm / Haga (show map)

Taken on: March 27, 2019

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Sets appears in: • Haga Ocean Butterfly House • Butterflies

Groups appears in: • FlickrToday (only 1 pic per day) • Canon EF-100mm f/2.8 Macro USM more » • Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro USM - Only! • Frame It! ~Level 01~ (P1/A5) « less

Camera: Canon EOS 6D, f/7.1, 1/100 sec, 100mm, ISO 1600 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 6D
Lens:	EF100mm f/2.8 Macro USM
Aperture:	f/7.1
Exposure Time:	0.01 sec (1/100)
Focal Length:	100mm
ISO:	1600
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Shutter speed priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Partial
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 23.3 (Windows)
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