They Missed It, Pt. 2 - _TNY_0354 (In Explore 29/11 2024)

On a mid-October (of 2024) visit to the Haga Ocean butterfly house, I spoke a bit to a family also visiting and they mentioned they wanted to get a photo of one of the blue morphos resting with its wings open instead of with them closed (like here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/52399646306/) and my reply was that it happens, but most of the time they fold them up about five or ten seconds after landing.

Well, we said goodbye and they went into the aquarium section while I stayed with the butterflies and after getting a couple of shots of another butterfly, I found this one resting on the floor - completely still and with those shimmering wings wide open!

First I took a couple of shots (including this one) and then I went into the aquarium section to see if I could find them and show them this blue one, but unfortunately, they had already left.

Anyways, this species is the peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) - the most common species of morpho they keep there - but it sure is an amazing blue colour and if you zoom in, you can see the individual blue scales which look really cool.

Part 1 (closer) here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/54076721660/

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

Taken on: October 17, 2024

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macro

Canon

CanonEOS5Ds

5Ds

Haga Fjärilshus

Haga Ocean

butterfly house

tropical butterfly

insect

butterfly

Schmetterling

fjäril

papillon

Lepidoptera

Glossata

Rhopalocera

Sigma

Sigma 180mm f/3.5 APO Macro DG HSM

Sigma AF 180 mm f/3.5 APO Macro EX DG HSM

180mm

Sigma 180mm F3.5 EX DG

Morpho

peleides

Peleides blue morpho

blue morpho

blue

metallic

shiny

reflective

iridescent

black edge

white spots

blue eyes

compound eyes

Papilionoidea

Morphinae

Morphini

Morphina

Himmelsfalter

Blauer Morphofalter

vlinder

turquoise

hir

hairy

scales

emperor

shimmer

shimmering

Nymphalidae

praktfjäril

Edelfalter

brush-footed butterfly

f/9.5

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Camera: Canon EOS 5DS, f/9.5, 0.7 sec, 180mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS 5DS
Lens:	180mm
Aperture:	f/9.5
Exposure Time:	0.7
Focal Length:	180mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 23.3 (Windows)
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