Still not getting much in the way of diversity with the yard birds so I turned my lens in the direction of the Hershey Gardens Butterfly Atrium. Hershey Gardens Butterfly Atrium I haven't been for a few years and I forgot the most important lesson that I had learned the hard way from my previous visits. These are mostly tropical butterflies and one of the most basic things about the tropics is that they are mostly hot and humid. It was not too cold outside as I drove over, maybe 50F (10C) and I had my camera and lens on the front seat beside me. It's quite a fast 135mm lens at f/1.8 so it has a big chunk of glass at the front. I walked in to the butterfly atrium which was probably 90F (32C) and very, very humid. The lens instantly fogged up! The hot air heating vents were all in the ceiling so too high to warm up the lens, I tried to warm up the front lens element by pointing it for several minutes at the sun. I gave up, went back to the car and got the face vents blowing hot air which after a few minutes seeming enough. I wrapped the camera and lens in my fleece jacket and hurriedly went back inside the butterfly jungle. Here are a few of the photos I took.
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| Tiger Longwing |
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| Postman |
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| Common Birdwing |
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| Not sure what this is, Zebra at the bottom. |
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| Giant Owl |
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| Postman |
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