This was made by manipulating two different photos and then combining them.

The first was of the butterfly, which I extracted from a photo I took in my garden two years ago. I saturated and sharpened this.

The second is the entire background of colors, shapes and swirls. The original photo was of a Lady Slipper flower I took several weeks ago. I used swirl and paintbrush techniqes (if I remember correctly) in Photoshop to turn the flower into a fantasy of color.

I then layered the butterfly over the seriously distorted Lady Slipper. In addition, I rotated the butterfly so that it appears to be emerging from it's cocoon of sorts into the cacaphony of color which is the world around us.

This is how I see the world - having never ending possibilities not only in photography but in our journey from life to death as well.

See with your heart - explore with your eyes.

CAMERA - Canon EOS 60D
F-STOP - f/7.1
EXPOSURE - 1/60 sec
ISO - 400
EXPOSURE BIAS - -1.7 step
FOCAL LENGTH - 60 mm
MAX APERTURE - 3
SHOOTING MODE - Automatic
HAND HELD - Yes
TRIPOD - No
MONO-POD - No
FLASH - Yes