moth-erfly
Back in fifth grade, I created a (national award-winning, thank you Crayola Dreammakers) piece of art that featured what I called an "octosquid." This stemmed from a debate with my classmates as to whether I was drawing an octopus or a squid. We couldn't quite figure it out- and so the term "octosquid" was born.
(Of course, researchers thought they were being original when they actually discovered one a couple weeks ago, but I came up with it first. Actually, I think a kid in my fifth-grade art class coined the term.)
Anyway, I apply a similar principle to moths and butterflies. Even though (according to Wikipedia) moths OBVIOUSLY have feathery antennae and butterflies CLEARLY have club-shaped antennae... the damn things FLUTTER around so much that I can't get a good look at their headgear. So- "moth-erfly."
I think this is a butterfly. But it's very plain and very, very common.
4 comments:
Around here this is called a "Cabbage White" butterfly. I liked reading your story too.
Abraham Lincoln
Brookville Daily Photo
nicely done, josy...
you might consider adding a little red to the mix... but that is the only substantive critique i can offer... oh... and i love the geometry of it... very compelling/dramatic...
Lincoln- Ah. Then that's probably what it is. When I'm identifying butterflies/moths, I can look at those distinctive orange/black speckled wings and narrow it down to a Monarch or Viceroy... but any sort of moth/butterfly identifications beyond THAT are outside of my capabilities.
m- Red? Like tingeing everything so it's not quite so green? Glad you like it, anyway, because I'm less than thrilled with it. But then, I tend to be un-thrilled with my overtly green photos. Hmm.
a bit like tingeing... using the color balance...
a bit more blue, a bit more magenta and a bit more red would make the darker lines and areas pop a bit more...
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