Butterflies

It has been a stellar year for butterflies. I'm not sure why. The campground we are at has a lovely floral garden and that certainly has an impact, but I can't explain why they are so prolific. Friends elsewhere, such as Minnesota, have agreed on the proliferation this year.

G and I were discussing the "out of focus" backgrounds in some of my photos. I use a specific aperture setting to reduce depth of field, which yields a crisp foreground and fuzzy background. This makes the object of interest stand out. In this case it was the butterfly and the flower. I learned to do this in the old days when we shot in 35mm using something called "film". Back then I also spent many hours in the dark room developing the negatives and making prints. While the digital technology has replaced that technology, the principles of optics and the lessons I learned so long ago still apply today...

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