Fast Reflexes

Common Buckeye Butterfly

I seldom have the opportunity I had when I made this image.  These butterflies usually land on the ground in the sun on the cooler mornings.  This one was up where I can shoot without stooping.  I was not more that six feet from it.  It would hear the mirror on my DSLR slap up and close its wings.  The flash did not seem to bother it but it would close its wings (see below) before the shutter opened.

Butterfly with wings closed

Interestingly, some the smaller butterflies, e.g. the skippers, can actually take off and leave me just the leaf in the photograph.  They, also, seem to have very fast reflexes.  I suppose they must have them for self preservation.

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