This beautiful butterfly landed on my wonderful wife's hand when we visited the Dubai Butterfly Gardens in January.
I photographed several other unusual shots as you can see in the link above. The butterflies are free flying and often land on people. They have no fear of humans as they have been breed in captivity.
There are literally 1,000's of butterflies flying freely and some just choose to land on people? As they move around you can see many subtle variations in their colouring. As seen in these two images. Reds, whites and many shades of brown.
It's a great day out and the butterflies are kept in very good conditions, well cooled and ventilated. Almost like walking through a tropical rain forest. I don't suppose they would last more than five minutes out in the blazing Dubai sun.
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Beautiful colourful butterfly
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Wandering around my wife's hand
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Category | (Colourful photography)
Camera | (Canon EOS 70 D)
| f stop | (f/3.5)
| Exposure time | (1/60 sec)
| ISO | (400)
| Lens | (Sigma 30 mm)
| Location | Photographed at the Dubai Butterfly Gardens, Dubai, United Arab Emirates | |
I took my daughter who was about 3 at the time into a butterfly enclosure in Stratford-upon-Avon thinking she would love it. But she was very scared and we had to leave. lol
Probably scared the wits out of the poor child lol shame. Seeing flying bugs is not everyone's cup of tea? :)
We had our grandson with us (2 years old) and he loved it.
That's great, sort of how I was thinking it would go.
So lovely. Your wife must have some wonderful vibes for a butterfly to land:)
She does love nature and has had other interactions like these. A dolphin came right up to her once. Out of hundreds of people all around, it swam straight to her arms. Mind-boggling really?
I understand completely ... animals know an open heart:)
There are also a butterfly park in our country. I went to the park. Surely you love butterfly Park. Your image is to be appreciated. You have beautifully presented butterfly in the hand. Really everyone will be fascinated by seeing your photos.
They sure are beautiful and so delicate too. It's amazing that they can fly. Where is your country?
Precious pictures. Glad you managed to get them.
it was pretty amazing and we got lucky with the shots.
Wow beautiful nice colouration of the butterfly and more beautiful is the skin it landed on
Great shots of pure nature @molometer
Thank you for your kind comments Adora, it was a beautiful moment.
Thats so cool that it landed on her hand and made for such great shots
It was magical moment and I was dancing around to get the shot. Not such a pretty sight lol
Lol that has to be less scary than me dancing which is the stuff of horror movies lol
They are very beautiful creatures the Butterfly :-) So gentle how they fly, their wings almost cusion the air. I love the idea of a Butterfly Garden :-)
They float on the air. It amazes me that they can get around at all, they are so delicate. Flying for them must be like swimming for us.
wow beautiful photo. I tried to take a picture of a butterfly and I could not. (laughs) they are very fast .
You have to be quick and calm at the same time. They are flighty little creatures for sure and led me a merry dance before I got the shot.
couldn't explain this in words,but really amazing.
Thank you for giving it a try anyway. Amazing is a good start. :)
Beautiful photos, butterflies are also very beautiful with the colors of brown nuances, great post.
Thank you Ahmad, they are so beautiful and super friendly too. As you can tell from the photos.
butterflies are very beautiful and unique. because his treatment was very good. very good post friends, I really like it.
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Hi @anwars, what are kawan.karna treatments? I've seen you mention it a few times. Is it to do with photography?
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Wow..so wonderful picture.thanks have share brother.
Thank you. I appreciate your share. Whatever that is? lol
Love the details on the butterflies captured in your photos