Otters and butterflies

May 25, 2013

I was assigned today to photograph features of a new butterfly exhibit at the Potawatomi Zoo. (Slow news day.) While I was at the zoo, I wandered around a bit and shot some otters. Yesterday I photographed the chief justice, today I photographed otters. Got to love the variety of my job.

Potawatomi Zoo — After hearing a passing train, river otters stand up in their enclosure on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Potawatomi Zoo — A patron uses a cell phone to photograph a Blue Morpho Butterfly inside the Butterflies in Living Color exhibit on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. The butterflies are commonly found in the tropical forests of Latin America. Saturday was the opening day for the exhibit. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Potawatomi Zoo — River otters wrestle to the delight of a crowd of patrons nearby on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Potawatomi Zoo — A zookeeper gently holds a Orchard Butterfly in the Butterflies in Living Color exhibit on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Potawatomi Zoo — A Common Mormon Butterfly, native to Asia, rests on a flower in the Butterflies in Living Color exhibit on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Potawatomi Zoo — River otters wrestle in the water to the delight of a crowd of patrons nearby on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)

Potawatomi Zoo — A Clipper Butterfly rests on a flower inside the Butterflies in Living Color exhibit on Saturday, May 25, 2013, at the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend. (James Brosher/South Bend Tribune)