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(More customer reviews)I looked forward to this new book of butterfly pictures and was most disappointed in it. If you know anything at all about butterflies then I would suggest NOT buying this book.
The size is approximately 6 by 6 1/2 inches. The pictures are of reasonable size but I would suggest 30% to 40% of the pictures are of the butterflies with their wings folded!!!
Anyone familiar with butterflies knows the most beautiful pose for a butterfly is for its wings to be open. The upper and underside of most butterflies are totally different and the "inside" is usually, although not always, the most beautiful.
Some of the most beautiful butterflies in the world are not shown - not even one!!! No Agris, Prepona, or Ornithopera are included for example. Only 3 Morphos are shown and all of these except the one on the front cover have their wings folded.
The butterflies picked for the book are mostly unspectacular. The choice of Papilios shown is a good example.
The colors are not sharp and crisp and in many cases the photograph appears to be underexposed.
The data on each butterflies is very good but the page is titled with the common name which of course unless you live in Africa or South American for example means absolutley nothing to the North American. The scientific name is shown on each page but not as the title of that page.
Basically a great disappointment. Butterfly calenders are much more spectacular color wise than this book. Most of the colors are washed out.
If you really love butterflies for their color and color pattern this is NOT the book for you.
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