Butterfly on Peacock Feather

A fall butterfly that we brought indoors.

This photo was taken a few years ago at the Elkhorn Ranch in souther Arizona (near Tucson). The ranch wranglers had brought in the 30 horses that free range over night. The early morning side light was soft and the horse was patient.  It was at the end of about an hour of shooting. Taken with a Nikon D100 and an 18-70 mm zoom. 

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This blog is about photography, how light and the right opportunity can work together to achive great photographic results. Photography is very personal but can be very moving. 

 If you want to see some of my photos, go to my web site. (It is very basic). You will find a link there to more photos on a photo-service site. some pretty good stuff. 

I shoot with Nikon digital gear and process photos with a Mac using Photoshop CS3. I teach photoshop at Clark University in Worcester, MA, and it is a pleasure passing along not only the techniques, but insight into how to create a good image to start with. 

More later. Stay tuned.