Butterfly Wings Alphabet

[Josy]

How cool is this?

Photographer Kjell Sandved traveled to 30 different countries taking pictures of live butterflies and moths to capture these images. He was able to find the English alphabet as well as numbers 0-9 in the patterns on their wings.

http://www.rshirley.com/butterfly/butterfly_poster600.jpg

[Jake.]

:amazed:

[Jords]

Amazing!

[Kizzy]

Rubbish, I don't believe he did that for a second. He ripped them off and sprayed them, they don't look anything like real :hmph:

[Ammi]

How cool is this?

Photographer Kjell Sandved traveled to 30 different countries taking pictures of live butterflies and moths to capture these images. He was able to find the English alphabet as well as numbers 0-9 in the patterns on their wings.

http://www.rshirley.com/butterfly/butterfly_poster600.jpg

..that's so incredibly cool and beautiful Josy..:lovedup:...here are a few more of his works...his particular fascination seems to be with butterflies, which I agree are quite exquisite creatures...almost ethereal....

http://www.drcoppa.com/images/facesBtrfly.jpg

[Ammi]

http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LRG/26/2677/3OCUD00Z/posters/sandved-kjell-birdwinged-butterfly-scales-philippines.jpg

[Ammi]

http://www.si.edu/Encyclopedia_SI/nmnh/buginfo/bfly1.gif

[Ammi]

..here's a close up of some where you can see how he gets the alphabet letters....


http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2008/01_03/butterfly5DM_800x419.jpg

[Ammi]

http://www.rulez-t.info/uploads/posts/2008-01/21/alfavit_00.jpg

[Ammi]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_xm6Mqna0_8M/SrqtiPjs7JI/AAAAAAAAB9k/ZBaPFUJZJhQ/s400/butterfly9DM_800x416.jpg

[Ammi]

..simply stunning..:love:..it must have taken him a long, long time and many photographs to create it all...and so beautifully...

[Josy]

His stuff is amazing :love:

This is a quote from him that basically describes his work perfectly imo

“To find beauty in the world, you have to look closely.”

[Kizzy]

OR...
Like Damian you can make a butterfly dart board...
http://artobserved.com/artimages/2008/08/ap_butterfly_hirst_070601_ssh.jpg

[King Gizzard]

http://i.imgur.com/BREgtso.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VG1c1cJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VcoXdG2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/kZtf8H9.png http://i.imgur.com/VcoXdG2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/EXexMPo.png http://i.imgur.com/NGFxS8P.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/gxIFPc2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/BREgtso.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/lZbOvtK.png

[Josy]

Nice work there Nathan

[Josy]

Bit rude though :idc:

[Kizzy]

Haha love it make me one, I need a new sig :D

[DDRickyDD]

It looks fake to me. He probably used photoshop.

[Jake.]

http://i.imgur.com/BREgtso.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VG1c1cJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VcoXdG2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/kZtf8H9.png http://i.imgur.com/VcoXdG2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/EXexMPo.png http://i.imgur.com/NGFxS8P.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/gxIFPc2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/BREgtso.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/lZbOvtK.png

Perfect!

[GypsyGoth]

http://i.imgur.com/BREgtso.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VG1c1cJ.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/VcoXdG2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/kZtf8H9.png http://i.imgur.com/VcoXdG2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/EXexMPo.png http://i.imgur.com/NGFxS8P.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/gxIFPc2.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/BREgtso.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/lZbOvtK.png

:laugh2:

[Patrick]

Bloke must have a lot of time on his hands, but fair play. They're lovely - the 'J' one however, I'm worried.. It looks like half a wing or something. :sad:

[Shaun]

nathan for post of the year

[Jessica.]

Butterflies are vile and should be extinct.