Chester Zoo - Part 2: Off the Butterfly's Wing...

Sticking with Chester Zoo for a little while, it seems they have quite a lot there. One of the main things we enjoyed that day and spent so very long inside photographing was their Butterfly House. It was, quite simply, enchanting!

These things are so very difficult to photograph in flight but, if you do manage to get a picture of one flying, it is striking. On the other hand, a resting Butterfly can be quite spectacular if you do more with the picture. Hopefully I managed something half decent!

These were all taken on 2018-06-05 at Chester Zoo with the weather being an absolutely beautiful cloudless summers day. This second post is all pictures taken from the Butterfly House, we spent about an hour in there! Enjoy!

I'll just leaf this here!
(Indian Leaf Butterfly)

Sitting for a feast
(Giant Owl Butterfly)

 A beautiful spot to rest
(Malachite Butterfly)

 When you look that beautiful, you don't blend in anywhere!
(Blue Morpho Butterfly)

Vibrant wings when open, so hidden when closed.
(Blue Morpho Butterfly)

 Prefect grace
(Blue Morpho Butterfly)

 Shifting focus
(Postman Butterfly)

 A tiny giant
(Postman Butterfly)

The flower was so striking, I had to.

 These ones had bodies as fascinating as the wings
(Tailed Jay Butterfly)

 Had to colour filter it because pretence
(Tailed Jay Butterfly)

 Quite proud of this one. Dull leaf colour and out of focus background colour really draws the eye to the butterfly so much more
(Lime Swallowtail Butterfly)

 Fell in love with this species!
(Great Mormon Butterfly)

 Just beyond your reach, mortal
(Blue Morpho Butterfly)

 About to fly and soar away
(Great Mormon Butterfly)

Poised...
(This one I'm struggling with. Shout out to anyone who can identify it!)

 Freshly landed
(Anyone who can identify this species, please do.)

 A nihilist's favourite

(Great Mormon Butterfly)

Well, that's my second post from that incradible day. Don't worry, there's still more to come. The Butterfly enclosure was absolutely breath-taking and we both fell completely in love with it. We could have spent the entire day in there and it was only one room!

As always, any tips and comments are hugely appreciated!

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