Today was a tricky choice for the black and white photo, part of my black and white week. We'd gone to a Tropical Butterfly House in North Anston, just up the road from my parent's house for the day. Now as you can imagine most of things to photograph there were very colourful so getting a black and white subject proved rather difficult. I settled on this group of flowers as there were so many different colours and tones within the bunch that they made for an interesting black and white when converted. Also I like that it's slightly out of place...flowers are supposed to be colourful after all. But I think it works (IMHO).
The centre was really good, better than I expected it to be. Even though it was very expensive to get in it was worth it if you had the time to spend with a camera. They have a large enclosure (hot house) where they keep the butterflies and there were lots fluttering around, along with the odd parrot, some terrapins and other insects. Including a number of snakes and lizards but thankfully they were kept behind glass. Initially the lens fogged up on our cameras due to the humidity which made taking any photos really hard, but eventually the cameras warmed up and the macro lens came into its element. We all took several photos within the butterfly enclosure before heading out to the other animals, including ducks, geese, goats, llamas, pigs, parrots, birds of prey and many more.
I'd recommend you pay them a visit if you're ever in the area. But avoid busy times such as weekends, bank holidays, half terms etc as it gets very busy indeed. All in all it was an ideal place to go with a camera...especially if you have a macro lens, and a perfect place to take children as it was very child friendly. You can find out more information about it by visiting their website at http://www.butterflyhouse.co.uk/. A review of our day out will appear on http://www.communityfriend.co.uk/ shortly. Head over there for lots of info on attractions in the area as well as dozens of delicious recipes, book reviews and lifestyle information.
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