Butterfly portraits at Lukas Butterfly Encounter
March 1, 2008 - I went back to the Lukas Butterfly Encounter today and had a great morning photographing the butterflies.
![]() | Description | Lukas Nursery is a great Orlando-area nursery, and the Butterfly Encounter is a free-flight butterfly conservatory. |
| Photography Advice | Macro lenses are good for photographing flowers. A fast intermediate telephoto is my favorite for photographing the fast-moving butterflies. A flash often helps. |
| When to Go | Year Round |
| Species Photographed (0) | None |
| Website | http://www.lukasnursery.com/butterfly.php |
| eBird | None |
| Google Map | Click here to view Google Map |
| Trail Map | None |
March 1, 2008 - I went back to the Lukas Butterfly Encounter today and had a great morning photographing the butterflies.
September 7, 2007 - My favorite Lukas Nursery also has an enclosed butterfly garden with tons of free-flight butterflies. They raise the caterpillars and release them into the garden. Butterflies will land on you (which isn’t too freaky, if you’re expecting it!). They don’t mind a bit if you get close to photograph them. So I go over there […]