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The Green Man is an ancient symbol of rebirth - representations are found all round the world. Statues and carvings more usually have leaves or other vegetation growing out of the mouth or eyes. This is my representation digitally combining my photographs of a pond, a mannequin and a butterfly and various other leafy photos.

This butterfly is very battered and worn and has seen better times but she was still happily flying around in the sunshine. Red Admirals are mainly migrants and fly to England from Central Europe in May or June (so it is not surprising that they are a bit tatty by the time they get here). These breed and give rise to the next generation of adults with a peak of emergence between mid-August and early October. (There are a few which now breed in southern England but most seen in the summer are migrants)
Info from www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=atalanta

I have enjoyed creating art since childhood but it has only been in the last ten years or so that I have used textures and multiple images to express different or enhanced emotions and feelings in my photographs. I hope you enjoy the ones here and if you would like to see more of my images please look at my Flickr pages - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lemonart/ Licences to use my work may be purchased http://licensingpixels.com/profiles/lemonart-photography.html