{"id":1563,"date":"2010-02-28T16:48:08","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T16:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/blog\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2014-08-07T19:48:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T19:48:21","slug":"photo-of-the-week-95-peacock-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bartbusschots.ie\/s\/2010\/02\/28\/photo-of-the-week-95-peacock-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo of the Week 106 – Peacock Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since the butterfly season will be starting up again soon I’ve been having a look back at my butterfly shots from previous years to see what gaps there are in my collection to help me plan my priorities for this year. In the process I also picked a shot for this week’s Photo of the Week, one from last year that I’m immensely fond of.<\/p>\n

This shot is of the Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io), the most colorful and spectacular species we have in Ireland. I got quite a few shots of this species throughout the year, and in previous years (including Photo of the Week 32<\/a>), but I particularly like this one because of where the butterfly chose to land. To get a nice out of focus background you do need there to be a bit of a distance between your subject and the background, and you need the background to be fairly even. In this case the butterfly landed on a very tall and beautiful special of Daisy called Black0eyed Susan. Because the Black-eyed Susans are tall, the leaves of the other plants in the garden were a long way below, hence the lovely soft green bokeh. The lovely yellow flowers themselves also add a lot to the shot, and the red of the butterfly contrasts nicely with both the green and the yellow really making it stand out.<\/p>\n

\"Peacock
on Flickr<\/a> – Full-Size<\/a><\/p>\n