PrettyTiny Film Company Pic A Week *2019* (#.....52!! Dec. 24)

[Alliecat]

This is just too beautiful for this sinful world. No, seriously, this is beautiful. The light shining through her wings! And how did you made the butterfly pose so perfectly? Again, beautiful.

Aww.  That's very sweet  Thank you.  Mei4Life (Etsy) wings have a metallic finish that reflects light nicely when you get the right angle.  When they're just hatched, the butterflies aren't ready to fly for a while.  I can handle them a lot the first day.  By Day 2 out of the chrysalis, they're generally ready to go.  However, this time of year, it's often cool enough that they don't want to fly either (yeah, same here).  I think they need a minimum of about 13C to fly at all.  They'll 'shiver' their wings to warm up flight muscles (or what passes for muscles in butterflies).  It's warmer than that during the day, but, again, just hatched, they're quite easy to handle.  This one stayed put even when Natalie fell over a couple of times.  Sometimes I will blow on them a bit to get them to open their wings, or gently 'tickle' them.  

What a simply superb butterfly and "woodland goddess" photo!
You have certainly led an interesting, adventurous life, it seems!

Heh.  Well, in between the long boring bits
Thank you!

Oh, that is just gorgeous. The vibes of the woodland goddess are hard to resist

She looks like she could be their guardian spirit.

Thank you both  That was what I was going for.

So, more butterflies...  I still have to sort the rest of Natalie's, plus the rest of Sunsette's weekend... today my butterfly-gardening neighbour brought me 6 more jars of chrysalises because she's going away again & can't watch them.
"Hmmm... who can I photograph today?... the pale dolls wash out so much in the sun..."
"OH, HEY.  I have a BLUE guy!"

We did end up in the challenging contrasty light in the fairy glen out back, chasing little patches of late sun.  So here's Jake communing with nature.