Butterfly Pavilion
Katie had never gone to the Butterfly Pavilion so I suggested we go since we didn't have any plans this weekend. The Butterfly Pavilion has timed entry currently because of COVID, but I'm not quite sure that timed entry was necessary since they have 300 tickets per hour (which is a lot!!!) and since we were able to buy the tickets literally an hour in advance and they weren't anywhere near booked out. We aimed at getting there in the 11 o'clock hour(instead of in the afternoon) since the butterflies are a little more active in the morning. Besides, the Butterfly Pavilion isn't exactly air-conditioned because they keep it at a temperature and humidity that tailors to the butterflies, not the patrons, so the earlier the better from a sweating perspective (which is an important c consideration for me). Luckily for us, the clouds in the morning broke right before we got there which provided a cooler area but then some great natural sunlight in certain areas of the Butterfly Pavilion.
Paper Kite
Static
The colored texture on this butterfly doesn't look like it came out of nature. Usually nature has a very consistent and predictable pattern. But not on this butterfly. I was able to get this photo with a lens tube extension to get a little closer up shot than what my normal lens is capable of.
Clipper
This is a clipper butterfly. Of all the ones at the Butterfly Pavilion, this one was my favorite one today.
Flat Back
I was happy to get a skewed photo of a butterfly completely in focus. It's really difficult to balance out depth of field and everything you want being in focus.
Hanging On
Hanging On
I thought this was a pretty unique shot. Usually you don't get a good look at their faces like this. This Clipper was just curious as to what I was doing I guess.
Delicate
Admiring The Butterlfies
I caught a shot of Katie admiring a butterfly.
Don't Lick!
They told us not to touch the butterflies. They didn't say anything about licking them.
Tailed Jay
I usually spend a lot of time at the Butterfly Pavilion looking for one of these, a Tailed Jay, but they usually don't have many. This time, there was one overly photogenic one.
Smile
Just Katie doing what she does best, being cute and goofy.
In the Flowers
This is a common Morpho butterfly. Some of them have bright blue wings on the inside.
