{"id":6502,"date":"2011-10-18T23:08:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-19T03:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=6502"},"modified":"2011-11-04T05:24:16","modified_gmt":"2011-11-04T09:24:16","slug":"final-butterflies-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/?p=6502","title":{"rendered":"Final Butterflies of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6508\" title=\"Oct-butterfly-1b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1b.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1b-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6504\" title=\"Oct-butterfly-1f\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1f.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1f.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1f-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6505\" title=\"Oct-butterfly-1e\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1e.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1e.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1e-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6506\" title=\"Oct-butterfly-1d\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1d.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1d.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1d-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6507\" title=\"Oct-butterfly-1c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1c.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1c-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6509\" title=\"Oct-butterfly-1a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"435\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1a.jpg 435w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterfly-1a-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6511 alignleft\" title=\"Oct-butterflies7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterflies7.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterflies7.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterflies7-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6510 aligncentre\" title=\"Oct-butterflies8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterflies8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterflies8.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Oct-butterflies8-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>About two weeks ago, I visited Rutgers Gardens in New Jersey in search of butterflies to photograph.\u00a0\u00a0 I was pleasantly surprised to find monarch butterflies still around.\u00a0 I went one day and returned the following, while the weather was still lovely.\u00a0 In the process of\u00a0 taking the photographs &#8212; wading through various weeds and who knows what &#8212; I was bitten by some bugs and probably also went into something that gave caused my skin to get an allergic reaction. I&#8217;ve been to a dermatologist twice since then, and the skin on my arms, legs, and back are still broken out in a itchy mess of a rash despite the topical medications and anti-histamines.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve had poison ivy in the past, and each time after starting medication I started to clear up.\u00a0 This, however, is not budging.\u00a0 Ugh!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6514 alignleft\" title=\"Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1a.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1a-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6513 aligncenter\" title=\"Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1b.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-Oct-butterfly-1b-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On a good note, I like some of the photos.\u00a0 Were they worth this annoying, itchy rash?\u00a0 Right now, the jury is still out on that one. I am partial to the desaturated versions of some of the photos.\u00a0 While I certainly like vivid color, I find myself more attracted to the dreamy quality I see when the color is pushed back.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6518 alignleft\" title=\"Hansen-butterfly-1a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1a.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1a-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6519 aligncenter\" title=\"Hansen-butterfly-1a (1)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1a-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1a-1.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1a-1-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6516\" title=\"Hansen-butterfly-1b\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"216\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1b.jpg 216w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1b-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 100vw, 216px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_6515\" style=\"width: 227px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6515\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6515\" title=\"Hansen-butterfly-1c\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1c.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"217\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1c.jpg 217w, https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/Hansen-butterfly-1c-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This is my favorite.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; About two weeks ago, I visited Rutgers Gardens in New Jersey in search of butterflies to photograph.\u00a0\u00a0 I was pleasantly surprised to find monarch butterflies still around.\u00a0 I went one day and returned the following, while the weather was still lovely.\u00a0 In the process of\u00a0 taking the photographs &#8212; wading through various weeds and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos","category-photos-butterflies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6502"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6569,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6502\/revisions\/6569"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gloriahansen.com\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}