By Ted Grussing
… the butterfly known as Postman (neotropical) that is. Last Friday we headed down to Butterfly World in Scottsdale for a change of pace and it was absolutely magnificent! Because I have this thing about wanting to catch anything with wings in flight I did a lot of shooting. I could not find any particular movement or clue that they were going to fly, so a lot of multi-shot bursts and I did get some in flight and this is one of them. Not sure what the other one is because I do not find it on the list they provide you when you enter. Caution, recommend the experience when it is cooler … Scottsdale was 112F and the inside of the butterfly area was over 100F and about 99% humidity. We lasted about 4 hours.
The photo below shows Michele releasing Quinn the Ferruginous Hawk into flight; Michele will be at the show with Finley the American Kestrel at the Mary Fisher Theater on September 10th at 4P. Be sure to have your photo taken with them after the show … cell phones work great for that. Check her website International Raptor and Falconry Center out!
There are also plans for two photo workshops that I will be conducting with Michele and the raptors, so if you have an interest in that, please contact her. I am donating my time, so all funds raised from the workshops will be used by the organization to help raptors. Space is limited to five per workshop.
Into another new week and the slate is clean … each of us get to decide what we will do with each moment and day … choose well and have an absolutely wonderful week … the kind that makes you glad you are alive!
Cheers,
Ted
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The easiest way to reach Mr. Grussing is by email: ted@tedgrussing.com
In addition to sales of photographs already taken Ted does special shoots for patrons on request and also does air-to-air photography for those who want photographs of their airplanes in flight. All special photographic sessions are billed on an hourly basis.
Ted also does one-on-one workshops for those interested in learning the techniques he uses. By special arrangement Ted will do one-on-one aerial photography workshops which will include actual photo sessions in the air.
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