Saturday, October 29, 2011

Saturday Photohunt - Broken

Broken wings of a butterfly at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Mumbai.

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33 comments:

  1. Says so much-



    Aloha from Honolulu

    Comfort Spiral

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  2. Woah, I was actually thinking of posting photos of butterflies with broken wings myself for this week's Photo Hunt but didn't in the end. Re the butterflies: find it amazing that they can still fly even after having what looks like major injuries. A testament to their stamina and fortitude to my mind!

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  3. It quite good to see how passionately you make these posts, most of which require a great deal of patience to capture in the first place.

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  4. A great selection of colour in this shot - wow!

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  5. i had to look very closely to notice the broken wings

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  6. I've seen butterflies with wings like this - they look half eaten off - maybe by a bug? Kinda sad!

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  7. Great pic but sad
    Mine's up, too.
    http://sandyben.blogspot.com/

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  8. So sad, but it is a gorgeous shot!!

    broken

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  9. I wonder what happened to its wing Deepak? It's still a beautiful creature, I love the way your background is so softly blurred.

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  10. In today's world,
    goondas prevail;

    a lady bus commuter
    has an
    imitation gold
    necklace snatched;
    the thief returns
    again
    to berate
    and
    attack her
    on her face:
    how dare she cheat a thief !

    So does a butterfly,
    with false eyes
    on dorsal wings,
    designed to divert
    the goonda insects
    attention
    from the main body,
    suffer a later
    retribution
    on the imitation eyes.

    A torn wing
    and a
    scratched neck and face.
    The butterfly and the lady
    learn to flutter,
    utter something,
    and get on
    with the business
    of flitting
    and living
    in a sometimes cruel world.

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  11. nice grab... a tad too bright but catching such a moment is quite hard...Rishi

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  12. Love the colors in this shot. Birds and butterflies can never escape from your magical eyes!

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  13. wow ! superb ... u really have magic eyes .. cool ...

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  14. oops... toota toota ek parinda aise toota

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  15. Sad to see a beautiful creature being so mutilated and Ugich Konitari's comment is evocative.

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  16. awww. Great capture!

    Cheers.

    http://www.megahsarin.blogspot.com

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  17. The End is here, the end is near....

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