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Brown Butterfly Flapping Wings (Colorado, 2019)

28s HD 1080p 29.97fps Wildlife Colorado, United States 2019
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About this clip

A close-up view of a brown butterfly flapping its wings in a sunlit outdoor setting in Colorado, United States. This 27-second clip showcases the beauty of wildlife in a serene, natural environment, with soft focus and grainy texture characteristic of analog footage. Ideal for nature documentaries, environmental content, and nostalgic nature scenes.

Clip Intelligence

Production use
Nature documentary B-roll, wildlife channel social content, environmental education videos, and Colorado-based natural history programming will find this close-up butterfly footage useful as a sustained insect observation insert.
Edit role
At 28 seconds, this works as a sustained wildlife observation insert or nature beat, long enough to breathe between interview segments or landscape establishing shots in a documentary timeline.
Visual details
A dark brown butterfly with orange-red wing bands flaps against large overlapping green leaves; the frames carry a slightly soft, grainy texture, and no people are visible in any frame.
Shot mechanics
The composition is a tight close-up at ground level with the butterfly and broad leaves filling the frame; the footage has a soft, grainy character despite the 4K resolution, and no aerial perspective is apparent despite the filename suggesting drone capture.

Tags

natureplantgreencloseupleafoutdoorstreenaturalanimalflowerbeautifulwildlifegardenfoodgrassenvironmentbrown butterfly closeupbutterfly flapping wingsColorado nature footage2019 vintage stock

Shot slate

Resolution
1920 × 1080
Frame rate
29.97 fps
Duration
28s
Codec
H.264 MP4
File size
46 MB
Location
Colorado, United States
Year filmed
2019
Published
Oct 2019

Still Frames From This Clip

4 frames exported from the 4K master of this clip, in timeline order. The licensed download is the full-motion master, not these stills.

Opening frame of Colorado butterfly clip showing broad green foliage dominating the composition, a small dark butterfly just entering near the top; no visible people
The clip opens on a dense arrangement of large green leaves with the butterfly just entering the upper area of the frame. (0:00)
Colorado butterfly clip second frame showing large broad leaves in close-up with a dark butterfly small against the foliage; no visible people
Large green leaves fill the foreground as the butterfly remains small and partially obscured by foliage. (0:01)
Colorado butterfly clip frame showing broad-leaved vegetation with a dark butterfly positioned in the upper area of the composition; no visible people
The butterfly appears small against the expanse of large green leaves in this early compositional frame. (0:02)
Large green leaves with a dark butterfly becoming slightly more visible in frame

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