The Butterfly effect

Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/100
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/3.5

Butterflies are part of the insect species known as Lepidoptera. They have four stages of life cycle falling from larva to caterpillar to pupil and go through metamorphosis to turn into the beautiful and elegant butterfly forms with the varying patterns on its wings. There are three types of Butterflies, the true butterflies, the skippers and the moths. Ive noticed that humans tend to be fine with butterflies while, of the same species, they are very afraid of spiders or even ants. Butterflies are seen in many arts in different cultures symbolizing a lot of things from human soul to the state of nervousness. The butterfly effect is part of the chaos theory in mathematics to predict tiny variations affecting a bigger system. As the phrase goes: The flap of a butterflies wing can affect the weather system throughout the world if there are repercussions. So butterflies tend to be more important in our lives than we think. I love capturing butterflies. I think they have a uniqueness to each type of butterflies and like how i believe each one of us have a purpose in life so do these each unique butterflies. Call it a philosophical butterfly effect, I'm not sure, but there is something in each of them. So here are some captures from my backyard to creeks to butterfly parks. Enjoy!

Margarita Beltrán (Heliconius burneyi)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/30
ISO: 500
Aperture: f/2.8

Margarita Beltrán (Heliconius burneyi)

Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/100
ISO: 500
Aperture: f/3.2

Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonia)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/25
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/2.8

Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charitonia)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/160
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/3.5

Cattle Heart (Parides arcas)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/30
ISO: 200
Aperture: f/2.8

Orange Julia (Dryas julia)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/200
ISO: 320
Aperture: f/4.5

Monarch (Danaus plexippus)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/50
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/2.8

Margarita Beltrán (Heliconius burneyi)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/125
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/3.5

Great Eggfly (Hypolimnas bolina)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/40
ISO: 250
Aperture: f/2.8

Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/25
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/2.8

Malabar Tree Nymph (Idea malabarica)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/40
ISO: 250
Aperture: f/2.8

Postman (Heliconius melpomene)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/160
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/3.5

California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica)

Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/320
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5.6

California Hairstreak (Satyrium californica)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/320
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5.6

Buckeye (Junonia coenia)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/250
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/5

Gulf fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)
Focal length: 100mm
Shutter speed: 1/100
ISO: 100
Aperture: f/3.5