Orange Butterfly
by Marcia Socolik
Title
Orange Butterfly
Artist
Marcia Socolik
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
I photographed this colorful Gulf Fritillary butterfly on a mountaintop in the Baja Peninsula in Mexico. Our tour bus could not fit on the narrow mountain road so we had to transfer to a small van for the two hour ride up the mountain. What a ride, and what wonderful artwork nature presented at the top of the mountain. I am calling this a still life, although i waited quite a while to capture the butterfly when he was actually still for a brief second.
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The Baja California peninsula (English: Lower California), is a peninsula in northwestern Mexico. Its land mass separates the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California. The Peninsula extends 1,247 kilometres (775 mi) from Mexicali, Baja California in the north to Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur in the south.
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The Baja California peninsula was once a part of the North American Plate, the tectonic plate of which mainland Mexico remains a part. About 12 to 15 million years ago the East Pacific Rise began cutting into the margin of the North American Plate, initiating the separation of the peninsula from it. Spreading within the Gulf of California consists of short oblique rifts or ridge segments connected by long northwest trending transform faults, which together comprise the Gulf of California Rift Zone. The north end of the rift zone is located in the Brawley seismic zone in the Salton Sea basin between the Cerro Prieto Fault and the San Andreas Fault. The Baja California peninsula is now part of the Pacific Plate and is moving with it away from the East Pacific Rise in a north northwestward direction. Along the coast north of Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur is a prominent volcanic activity area.
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The Peninsula is known colloquially as Baja by American and Canadian tourists, and is renowned for its natural beauty and pristine environment. It draws ecotourists who go whale watching for migrating California Gray Whales as well as tourists that arrive to the Baja California Gold Coast and resorts on the southern tip of the Peninsula. Its location between the North Pacific and Gulf of California give it a reputation for good sports fishing.
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much of the text above quoted/paraphrased from wikipedia.org
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FEATURED PHOTO, Fine Art America Female Artists - 1 WORK PER DAY Group, 12/21/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, USA Artist News, 12/22/2012
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Beauty of the World Group, 1/7/2013
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Comfortable Art Group, 1/12/2013
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Groovy Butterflies Group, 4/6/2016
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA Orange Euphoria Group, 5/31//2016
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FEATURED PHOTO, FAA ABC Group, 7/21/2021
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October 28th, 2012
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Comments (74)
Gary F Richards 2 Days Ago
Spectacular Orange Butterfly composition, lighting, shading, excellent colors and artwork! F/L voted
Larry Kniskern
Congratulations, Marcia – your stunning scene has been selected as an Honorable Mention from the Go Take a Hike Photography Group’s Butterflies on Flowers photo contest! It has been placed in the Special Recognition thread in the group discussion board for archive.
Gary F Richards
Spectacular Green Surprise - Orange Butterfly composition, lighting, shading, beautiful green colors and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Spectacular butterfly composition, lighting, shading, brilliant colors and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Outstanding summer sizzle composition, lighting, shading, brilliant color and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Magnificent butterfly freedom capture, excellent lighting, color, shading and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Spectacular butterfly floral composition, lighting, shading, lovely colors and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Outstanding butterfly composition, lighting, shading, lovely green color and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Outstanding butterfly floral composition, lighting, shading, beautiful color and artwork! F/L voted
Gary F Richards
Congratulations on your winning Top Finish in the contest… 2022 AVATAR - ONLY WONDER OF WINGS MEMBERS! Fl
Gary F Richards
Spectacular butterfly composition, lighting, shading, lovely colors and artwork! F/L Congratulations on your features!
Luther Fine Art
Congratulations! Your fantastic art has been featured on the ABC Group home page from the B IS FOR BUGS AND IS FOR AND BEES themed week, JULY 19, 2021- JULY 28, 2021. You are invited to add your wonderful art in the Features Archive Discussion in the ABC GROUP as a way to preserve your feature!
Rahdne Zola
Marcia, your gorgeous butterfly has been featured in the Orange Euphoria exhibit "Alluring Lepidoptera"! Congratulations! Tweet/g+
Anita Faye
This is an outstanding Gulf Fritillary capture Marcia! Featured on Groovy Butterflies! http://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html
Marcia Socolik replied:
Thanks - and thanks for telling me the type of butterfly, which i did not know...