great shots Cindy, I saw an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ( female) yesterday and plan to blog on it. What are the odds? sadly my post will not contain your striking photos!
I know who that is, Cuz. It’s genus lepidoptra, aka Tiger Swallowtail. I used to collect butterflies when I was a boy – exhibited the collection at a 4H county fair and got 3rd place. I couldn’t dream of doing that anymore. They’re just too beautiful.
Yes! We have a bonanza of tigers this year! Finally the monarchs breezed in a few days ago. I can picture you with your collection as a young boy who already had an artist’s eyes for beauty…… Cheers to you cuz~
Blake is so good and so scary!!! How about I send you a photo and you caption it, and we jointly post it??? Your selections are too good for only me to read~
Wonderful! I will pick a favorite photo and you can mull on it, either pick a passage or write one and you post and I’ll reblog? Or should we both the final product, crediting you for the poetry, me for the click? Anything works for me. What fun~
A view weeks ago I tried to captured one of them in the mountains but it wasn’t at close like you did here, and in that moment I was thinking of you that a needed some lessons of a artist !
I am strickly an amateur clicker! That is a coincidence though because a few weeks ago I was in the mountains, and took what I considered to be my best butterfly shot ever of a Monarch and promptly deleted it inadvertantly. Oooooh was I mad!
Now see, this makes me mad — I sit outside, and sit there, and sit there, and no butterfly, moth, dragonfly, or any interesting bug of any kind ever lands and poses like that. I’ve sat by lakes, ponds, in gardens, and still, things flutter to and fro at the speed of light, but never land longer than one second, just long enough for the camera to decide it can’t focus on Mr. Bug.
With that rant out of the way, I’ll say your butterfly photos are stunning, beautiful and sharp, especially the first one, where the wings play so well off the color of the flower bloom!
Look at it this way, I just now photographed a tarantula in the garage. You may not get the butterflies, but you don’t get the tarantulas either. One must look on the bright side, no? LOL!!
What a beauty! I hope i get to do a butterfly “Art Gown” one day. Your pics are inspiring!
Oh I can already imagine it! I hope you design one. Whoever gets to wear it is so fortunate!!
great shots Cindy, I saw an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail ( female) yesterday and plan to blog on it. What are the odds? sadly my post will not contain your striking photos!
I’ll be happy to give you some if you would like. They has been a bumper crop of flutterbyes at The Holler this year!
I’m game!
I’ll email you some……
Beautiful pictures!
Mil grazi my friend!
cindy, you take the most beautiful photos! you definitely have a magic touch!
Awww! Merci beau coup~
Wow, Truly beautiful. Crystal clear picture and marvelous colours.
So honored! Merci beaucoup!
You indeed have that special eye for capturing beautiful photos! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you x2 for appreciating~
I know who that is, Cuz. It’s genus lepidoptra, aka Tiger Swallowtail. I used to collect butterflies when I was a boy – exhibited the collection at a 4H county fair and got 3rd place. I couldn’t dream of doing that anymore. They’re just too beautiful.
Yes! We have a bonanza of tigers this year! Finally the monarchs breezed in a few days ago. I can picture you with your collection as a young boy who already had an artist’s eyes for beauty…… Cheers to you cuz~
Now that butterfly is really showing its stuff! Gorgeous.
He was really big too!! I wonder if it’s the same one, growing up here??? Wouldn’t that be wonderful……I hope your cold is going, going, gone……..
Georgeous photographs!
“The caterpillar on the leaf
Repeats to thee thy mother’s grief.
Kill not the moth nor butterfly,
For the last judgement draweth nigh.”
from “Auguries of Innocence” by William Blake
http://russellboyle.wordpress.com/2012/08/18/auguries-of-innocence-by-william-blake/
Blake is so good and so scary!!! How about I send you a photo and you caption it, and we jointly post it??? Your selections are too good for only me to read~
Yes, I’d like to do this
Gorgeous!
As is fair William~
Wonderful! I will pick a favorite photo and you can mull on it, either pick a passage or write one and you post and I’ll reblog? Or should we both the final product, crediting you for the poetry, me for the click? Anything works for me. What fun~
Nice capure of the b’fly.
Mil grazi!
Beautiful. <3
So elegant in their movements too, aren’t they! Thank you my friend~
and what a beautiful visitor it is!
Always welcome and invited for tea!
Your photography skills are awe inspiring, Cindy. Gorgeous captures. 🙂
You are very kind~
Little beauties – these are wonderful photographs. Are they special, or what!?
They certainly are! Little floating messengers of wonder~
A view weeks ago I tried to captured one of them in the mountains but it wasn’t at close like you did here, and in that moment I was thinking of you that a needed some lessons of a artist !
I am strickly an amateur clicker! That is a coincidence though because a few weeks ago I was in the mountains, and took what I considered to be my best butterfly shot ever of a Monarch and promptly deleted it inadvertantly. Oooooh was I mad!
You ‘re definitely not an amateur and your photos are all bewitching, I can tell you for sure ! And your butterfly photos are so beautiful ! 🙂
You are so nice! Thank you~
He/she is such a beauty~
Remarkably fragile and beautiful aren’t they!
Now see, this makes me mad — I sit outside, and sit there, and sit there, and no butterfly, moth, dragonfly, or any interesting bug of any kind ever lands and poses like that. I’ve sat by lakes, ponds, in gardens, and still, things flutter to and fro at the speed of light, but never land longer than one second, just long enough for the camera to decide it can’t focus on Mr. Bug.
With that rant out of the way, I’ll say your butterfly photos are stunning, beautiful and sharp, especially the first one, where the wings play so well off the color of the flower bloom!
Look at it this way, I just now photographed a tarantula in the garage. You may not get the butterflies, but you don’t get the tarantulas either. One must look on the bright side, no? LOL!!
Oh, my GOSH!! (shudders) You’re right — I will count my blessings, lol!
Stunning photography….. I really enjoy your photos.
Well that makes us even then as I really enjoy your recipes!!!
Stunning close-ups and so detailed 🙂
Aren’t they ethereal creatures!! Mil grazi~
Liebste Cindy das sind ja Traumfotos von den Schmetterlingen sei ganz herzlichst gegrüßt und wünsche dir einen neuen schönen Wochenstart Klaus
Ich liebe deinen Blog Klaus. Haben eine tolle Woche!
Gorgeous pics, Cindy!
Visa versa to uX2!
Sunning!
I meant stunning, of course 😉
Well, the butterfuly was sunning too!! Thank you! 🙂
Wow, stunning.
Very kind!