On Wednesdays all over the internet bloggers post a photo with no words to explain it. The idea is the photo says so much it doesn’t need a description.
Photo by Cheryl Andrews©
Other Wordless Wednesday contributors:
On Wednesdays all over the internet bloggers post a photo with no words to explain it. The idea is the photo says so much it doesn’t need a description.
Photo by Cheryl Andrews©
Other Wordless Wednesday contributors:
Cheryl Andrews 
22 comments
24 March 2013 at 5:03 pm
Heart To Harp
I love how the swirls mirror each other in butterfly and object, and the colors and textures complement each other. How lovely to be able to be so close.
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25 March 2013 at 10:23 am
Cheryl
Thanks, Janet … I had to rotate and crop the image before I saw that!
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23 March 2013 at 1:25 am
Island Traveler
A vision of hope and wonderful dreams to come true. They say when you see a butterfly, good luck will come your way.
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23 March 2013 at 2:30 pm
Cheryl
I didn’t know this Mr. B … I’ve chased enough of them around with my camera that perhaps I have a LOT of good luck coming my way! Or, perhaps I’ve used up my good luck … running through trees and gardens, eye to the viewfinder without injuring me!
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21 March 2013 at 12:44 pm
readinpleasure
Pretty
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21 March 2013 at 1:28 pm
Cheryl
Yes! And so very delicate I wonder that a strong breeze alone isn’t enough to shred its wings.
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20 March 2013 at 7:26 pm
pearlsandprose
What an unusual, beautiful butterfly, Cheryl. I don’t believe I’ve ever seen a brown one before.
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20 March 2013 at 9:17 pm
Cheryl
I was surrounded by unusual, beautiful butterflies at the Center, Carole. We were air locked in and out of the three-story butterfly cage … no barriers between us and the butterflies, simply a shared living space.
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20 March 2013 at 7:15 pm
Wunderkamera
They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if they had surprised a
butterfly in the winter woods. ~Edith Wharton
Or on a fence in borrowed springtime! I love the muted greys and browns in this photo, and the metallic swirls of wing patterns and fence.
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20 March 2013 at 9:14 pm
Cheryl
Thank you, Elizabeth. Such a fitting Wharton quote. What inspired me to take the shot was the repetition of shapes, the arched lines and circles in metal fence and delicate filament of the butterfly wings.
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20 March 2013 at 4:10 pm
Lucid Gypsy
Such a lovley creation of nature’s captured so well by you, had to tweet your JPG link!
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20 March 2013 at 5:09 pm
Cheryl
Thank you, Gilly, and thank you again for the tweet. I am fascinated by butterflies and even more so after my sister introduced me to the Butterfly Rainforest on one of our photo road trips. I will never forget the one that landed and stayed, quite comfortably, at rest on my hand while I was taking shots of its cousins. It’s like being touched by something lighter than a drifting feather.
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20 March 2013 at 5:14 pm
Lucid Gypsy
Oh yes I know that feeling but couldn’t describe it as well as you!
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20 March 2013 at 5:13 pm
Cheryl
What’s your twitter tag? Mine’s @CheAndrews
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20 March 2013 at 5:16 pm
Lucid Gypsy
@nkeiruka, just followed you 🙂
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20 March 2013 at 2:36 pm
Mary
There is elegant motion in the shapes of the butterfly and the metal. Only today the male Blue Morpho was featured on CTV news at lunchtime. How it’s underside is brown and when it flaps its blue wings, it appears to disappear because of the brown that shows momentarily.
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20 March 2013 at 2:52 pm
Cheryl
Fascinating information, Mary! I never saw the underside of the male Blue Morpho that I photographed. Just Googled it and found this image http://www.treklens.com which shows how the markings match those of the female wings. Perhaps it was mating season when I was at the Butterfly Rainforest in Gainsville. The male was on the pathway, down low, with his wings spread open for all the world to see.
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20 March 2013 at 2:06 pm
Allyson Latta
Lovely composition, Cheryl — the detail on the wings of the delicate butterfly, the curves of the metal, and that touch of green behind.
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20 March 2013 at 2:12 pm
Cheryl
Thanks Allyson. I tipped and cropped the iron fence to show her off!
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20 March 2013 at 2:02 pm
carin
Such unusual colours. I don’t know that I’ve seen brown butterfly before. Or maybe it’s a moth? Enlarged, I saw the bits of red as well. Beautiful. Assuming he’s a snow-butterfly? i.e. In Fla for the season… (:
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20 March 2013 at 2:11 pm
Cheryl
It is a butterfly, Carin, a female Morpho Blue (morpho peleides). The male is iridescent blue. So stunning he’s one of my most popular notecards. I also included him in this collage: http://jpgmag.com/photos/2834521 if you are curious.
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20 March 2013 at 4:22 pm
carin
Lovely!
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