I'm pleased to announce that we've had an abundance of butterfly's visit us this year! As I'm writing this from the kitchen table, I see two feeding on the butterfly bush. This morning, I swear I saw a hummingbird, but it flew away before I had a chance to snap a photo.
In a prior posting, I mentioned that we had not captured any caterpillars. I'm pleased to announce that we have *a bunch* as of this posting and we're helping them grow big and strong.
I've been taking periodic shots of their growth. After one emerges from chrysalis, I'll put up the whole sequence. The caterpillars are doubling their size every 2-3 days and they are getting very big. I expect the largest will go to chrysalis within the next few days. The metamorphosis takes ~ 2 weeks. I should have the whole thing ready late in August.
In a prior posting, I mentioned that we had not captured any caterpillars. I'm pleased to announce that we have *a bunch* as of this posting and we're helping them grow big and strong.
I've been taking periodic shots of their growth. After one emerges from chrysalis, I'll put up the whole sequence. The caterpillars are doubling their size every 2-3 days and they are getting very big. I expect the largest will go to chrysalis within the next few days. The metamorphosis takes ~ 2 weeks. I should have the whole thing ready late in August.
This morning, we had our first Monarch!!
Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens
105mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f5.6
ISO 100
Curves adjusted for contrast
Here's another Swallowtail butterfly, photographed in the back yard. I very slowly approached the butterfly bush and waited for it to land on a nearby flower. I really like this shot!
105mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f5.6
ISO 100
Curves adjusted for contrast
Here's another Swallowtail butterfly, photographed in the back yard. I very slowly approached the butterfly bush and waited for it to land on a nearby flower. I really like this shot!
Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens
105mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/200 sec @ f5.0
ISO 100
Curves adjusted for contrast
While riding around today, I stopped to shoot some photos of an interesting bridge that I'll post later. I saw a Black Swallowtail flying about and it landed on the bridge about 2 feet from where I was standing.
105mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/200 sec @ f5.0
ISO 100
Curves adjusted for contrast
While riding around today, I stopped to shoot some photos of an interesting bridge that I'll post later. I saw a Black Swallowtail flying about and it landed on the bridge about 2 feet from where I was standing.
Canon EF 24-105mm L f4 IS USM lens
105mm Focal Length
Exposure 1/250 sec @ f4.0
ISO 100
Curves adjusted for contrast
2 comments:
Great butterfly photos! I've never tried photographing butterflies, but it must take a bit of patience with as skittish as they can be at times.
Thanks Marka. The Swallowtails are skittish, but they will return if you stay put. Monarch's seem worse - you need to approach them very slowly and not make a lot of movement once your get there.
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