Recently, I visited Papiliorama to take a Digital Light photo workshop. Papiliorama is a butterfly haven in Swizterland, north of Murten. It is about a 90 minute drive from Geneva and even has a train stop at Kerzers / Papiliorama for those who prefer public transport. Luckily, I was able to catch a ride with a friend who was assisting the class.
The class was meant for us to focus on a certain area that we wanted to develop. During the day, I worked on my understanding of depth of field. We continually brought our memory cards back to the workshop instructor for critiquing and guidance. At first my butterflies are too shallow depth of field (I adore blurry backgrounds) which unfortunately kept my entire butterfly bodies from being sharp, depending on the focal plane. However, then I learned how to expand the depth of field by closing the aperture and increasing ISO, still achieving the background result I wanted.
Unfortunately, my propensity for standing wore out before my desire to stop taking photos and improve on my technique. However, here are a few of my favorite images:
Waiting to turn into a butterfly maybe
He likes to color coordinate
Taking in the view
Spreading out
Delicately hanging on
Patchwork colors
Climbing into the light
Geneva folks, you’ll have to add this to your rainy day to-do list!
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These are gorgeous pics! 🙂
Love the photography skills. HOWEVER, that horny green worm thing you captured in your first pic, looks like the little devils that eat my tomato plants each year. You should immediately squish them, so they don’t eat your crop! They start off small and quickly devour all the leaves on your plant, as you can tell I am quite bitter. I hope you get to have more photo shoots as the warm season approaches :).