Recently when I visited the Butterfly World I got to see some stunning butterfly, along with the beautiful Passiflora plants.  One of the other aspects of the Butterfly World is it aviaries with a variety of birds.  Like some things in life,  walking in aviaries with birds can be messy, and the Lorikeets were the messiest of the lot.   I had to go and wash my shirt after I exited that cage.

Here are a few of the birds I got to see.

Sparkling Violet Ear Humingbird

Sparkling Violet Ear Hummingbird

Finch (Australian)

Finch (Australian)

Blue Black Grassquit (Brasil)

Budgies (Australia)

Budgies (Australia)

Lorikeets (New Guinea)

The beautiful Macaw

Red Legged Honeycreeper (S.Mexico – N. Boliva)

Canary (Canary Islands)

Red Cheeked Cordon Bleu (Africa)

Black-faced Dacnis (South America)

Thank you for joining me for this month’s Tell me a Story.    This is a circle blog.  Please take time to visit my fellow blogger LUPJI Photography | North Virginia Event and Wildlife Photographer and see what he has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month. Don’t forget to leave a little love on their pages.

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This month Ceri of Ceri Herd Photography chose the topic Artificial Light.  I have to confess that once again I was pretty stumped.  I have done some studio work that I have already shared on this blog.  I don’t have a model at home except the cats and they are not very cooperative.  When the camera comes out they walk away.  Richard had put a bright night light on the upstairs level of the staircase which gave off some shadows but that wasn’t working for me.  Finally after breakfast with my son on Friday I decided to head on down to the Mizner Museum.  They had a great display of glasswork, but a lot of the art I had seen on my previous visits.  However,  the museum uses a lot of artificial lighting and so it was perfect for my theme this month.

All the images were taken with my 70-300mm lens.  I hope you enjoy what caught my attention.

This was a wall of what appeared to be glass half swords forming a cross in the middle and the overall image in the shape of a heart. While it was lit up on the wall I really did not see the shape of the heart until I was editing.

This image reminded me a bit of the “trash the wedding dress” phase that has been going around. I loved all the glass bubbles with the light reflecting off of them.

This was a bust in the middle of the walk way which I have edited only to show the light shining onto it.

This is a tree made up of tiny pieces of reflective glass. The lights shining onto it give a spray of light off the glass pieces. By focusing in a different area and then moving across to take the image of the tree I was able to get all of this crazy reflective bokeh light.

This is an interesting piece of art made up of balls. When editing I loved how the light was focused in the center creating shadows on the outside.

As part of the glassworks, this was one of the most interesting combinations on display. There is so much going on in this image.

Thank you for joining me for this month’s Share Six.  This is a circle blog.  From the sneak peak images I have seen, you are going to want to follow the circle.  Please take time to visit our my friend Claire of Wilhemina Photography and see what she has for you this month. Keep following the circle to see what the other photographers have shared this month.  Don’t forget to leave a little love on their page as well.

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Now it is your turn. Don’t forget to like us on Facebook at Share Six and come and share your images on the theme Artificial Light throughout the month of July.  A new theme will come out on August 6.

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We look forward to seeing your images on the theme Artificial Light.