Butterfly show

[cinci-photo]

Here are a couple shots taken at the yearly International Butterflly Show in Cincinnati. #1 was cropped to eliminate some distracting flowers. The shots are straight from the camera. I couldn't believe the saturation.

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[tpetty]

These are beautiful. Looks like the light, whatever the source, was just right.

[cinci-photo]

Thanks. It's all natural light from skylights in the ceiling. I used my flash for fill, but didn't need it on most of the shots.

[BIGTUFFGUY]

amazing insects,
are they all flying around, or are they in contained spaces?

[Mills]

Incredible. Love the rich colors.

[SezzySue]

i love that blue, wonderful shots.

[skade]

Beautiful shots..love the first one!

[hidden forms]

Beautiful pics, like the composition in the second one.

[Sledhed]

Awesome captures

[lon10c]

Good work. The simple composition of the second photograph catches my eye.

Great colors in both. Butterflies are one of my favorite subjects to photograph.

[Michaelmjc]

Simply amazing, great colour on the first one.

[cinci-photo]

Thanks. The first one is my favorite too.

[liza]

These are absolutely breathtaking. Butterflies are some of my favorite subjects to photograph. Could you give me some information about this show? I'm not that far from Cincinnati.

[jimtfoto]

Very nice, indeed. Love the first image. It's not often that tha Blue Morpho leaves its wings open long enough for a shot. Well done.

cheers,
jim

[KaplanMultimedia]

Beautiful images. The colors look almost incandescent.

[Bald Eagle]

Beautiful images. The colors look almost incandescent.
I agree, fantastic colors and very sharp. Great job on these.:D :D

[cinci-photo]

These are absolutely breathtaking. Butterflies are some of my favorite subjects to photograph. Could you give me some information about this show? I'm not that far from Cincinnati.

Liza,
Thanks for the comments. I love going to this show. It's held in May/June at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. It's always crowded and they give sugar water out to the kids so the butterflies will land on them. It's a great time. There's a couple nights each week where they allow 2 hours for photographers only. You can enter a contest and I believe first place is $500 (I could be wrong about the prize). I entered last year, but never made it back to see the winners. I wasn't contacted so I know it wasn't me. Hope you can make it this year.

[dancinec]

Great series of shots. Beautiful butterflies.

[cinci-photo]

These are absolutely breathtaking. Butterflies are some of my favorite subjects to photograph. Could you give me some information about this show? I'm not that far from Cincinnati.

I thought I responded to this earlier, but I don't see it anywhere. Sorry about that. The show is the International Butterfly Show. They hold it every year at the Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati. It's very crowded, but they have a couple days (2 hours each day) that's for photographers only. They hold a photo competition and I believe the first place prize is $500. It's usually held in the May/June time frame. You can look up Krohn Conservatory on the net and they will have the details when the time draws nearer.

Hope you get to make it to the show this year. Good Luck.

[liza]

Thanks for the info. I sure hope I'm able to attend. And, by the way, your photo of that Blue Morpho is out of this world. They are one of the most difficult butterflies to photograph.

[graykita]

beautiful, i really wanted to go to the show this year, but i just could not schedule it.

[BrettE]

Could you give me some information about this show? I'm not that far from Cincinnati.

http://www.butterflyshow.com/

[sparker1]

These are beautiful, with great lighting being the key factor. I had the pleasure of visiting the Cincinnati Butterfly house some years ago, it's a great place.