I recently went to the Adelaide Botanic Gardens to take a look at the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition which is currently on loan from the Natural History Museum in London and on display in the Bicentennial Conservatory in the gardens, the structure pictured below.
The conservatory mimics the lowland rainforest climate of northern Australia and inside is very humid - and it periodically "rains" due to its artificial mist-spray system. It's a nice, if hot, location for the photography exhibition.
I've been sharing a few of the images with a small description as below. I took the images in this post, not the original images in the exhibition.
Image by: Halyong Cal
Location: Qinghai, China
Things are not always what they first appear to be and I think that could be said for this image. Initially the photographer had thought the patch of blue in the field was flowers but on approach realised they were blue eros butterflies.
Due to how the scale structure the male of the species has the reflected light gives off striking iridescent hues with purples and blues most common. As is so often the case in nature, the female of the species is not as vibrant.
Design and create your ideal life, tomorrow isn't promised - galenkp
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I took the images in this post, not the original images in the exhibition.
