I was waiting patiently for someone who was running a bit late and getting impatient by the minute but comforting myself that everything happens for a reason... what else can one do then except wait and watch precious minutes go by. The alternative of course is to just get up and leave which I almost did.
But Mr Butterfly (or Miss Butterfly) came along and was flying around me, giving me that come hither look, challenging me and taking my attention away from boredom and seemingly saying, "Hey, look at me, I am gorgeous!" "Show off", I muttered and ignored it. It kept coming back and I felt honoured and flattered that it thinks that I am worth getting attention from ..hahaha...so I took the bait and clumsily took out my camera and shot it. As if it knew it now had my attention, Mr Butterfly perched on a cluster of yellow flowers, flapping its wings and showing off its spectacular colours!
Using my zoom lens, I took several shots, but my skills in getting the camera's mode like setting the Aperture, Shutter Speed and ISO right is very much lacking, and so I couldn't get the desired shot. Still, I managed to play around with the settings. These are 2 of my best shots and I am rather pleased with them.
Oh well, I shall treat this as my learning process. So thank you Mr Butterfly. Yes, everything happens for a reason, you helped me learn something.
As if saying, "it's my pleasure", it flapped its wings and came near me and disappeared, most probably on the lookout for its next 'victim' in need of help, leaving me a little forlorn...
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Goodbye Mr Butterfly and thank you once again....
My current header shows Mr Butterfly (or Miss) showing its side and a little frontal part seemingly saying "see I am beautiful"...
Cheers
Angie
Hi Angie, great shots! You are good with your camera, and others take pictures. But you...you create pictures. Outstanding!
ReplyDeleteThe pic and title reminds me of the song, 'My Butterfly'......
Fell in love in the wink of an eye with the girl who was called Butterfly
She said she loved me so she could not let me go but still I had to say goodbye
Butterfly my Butterfly I'll come home to you one day
Butterfly my Butterfly wait for me don't fly away
Never fly in the heat of the sun close your wings when the long day is done
Stay home and wait for me till I get back and then counting the minutes one by one
Butterfly my Butterfly...
When a man longs to be free he will sail to the end of the sea
I won't be gone too long but while I travel on just close your wings and wait for me
Butterfly my Butterfly...
Have a nice day, stay young, and keep a song in your heart.
Lee.
Hi Lee,
ReplyDeletethank you for your kind words re my photographs. I am always intrigued and amazed at what comes out from the lens of the camera, be it taken candidly or calculated.
Hey, I love that beautiful song “Butterfly”, the lyrics so hauntingly sad but sweet and tender .
Thanks for dropping by. Wishing you all the best.
Angie
The butterfly is so pretty. You nail it! Good job my dear:D
ReplyDeleteHi Quay Po Cooks
ReplyDeletethanks for dropping by and for your lovely comments. Yes, the butterfly is beautiful, its colours so vivid that it can only come from God. No artists or lens of camera, however good, can do justice to its beauty.
best regards..