Butterfly Escape Metal Print

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Butterfly on Yellow is an art piece based on a photograph taken at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens in their spring butterfly exhibit. This popular exhibit is housed in an enclosure with hundreds of butterfly�s that are feeding on the plants in the exhibit. Because the butterflies are compressed into a small area it is possible to capture close-up shots of many varieties.

By utilizing a long lens I was able to get very close to the subject. Most visitors to the exhibit were using point and shoot cameras and were also able to get fairly close to the butterflies. The smooth faded background in the images is called �bokeh� which is caused by the large shutter opening placing the background out of focus in an aesthetically pleasing manner. I then "artify" the image with software to create a painterly vision of the photo.

Too often we fail to recognize the beauty of the parks and attractions near to us. The Desert Botanical Garden has prov...

I am an artist and photographer with more than twenty years of experience in the photographic arts, I started out in the film era developing my own black and white and color slides in a home darkroom in Tempe, Arizona. My nature and fine art images reflect my travels throughout the American Southwest with extensive photo excursions in Arizona, New Mexico and California. I photograph Major League Baseball Spring Training at Surprise Stadium, home of the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. My color images capture the brilliant greens and blues of nature, while my black and white images feature strong contrast utilizing techniques that present tack-sharp subjects with interesting composition. Many of my black and white...