Colias philodice

Butterfly week continues with the Clouded Sulphur...


August 2005, Canon PowerShot S230

Vanessa cardui...

...aka the Painted Lady. (You can see another Painted Lady shot here.)

Love that snout!


August 2005, Canon PowerShot S230

Butterfly week

I've been using this space to rather haphazardly toss photos out there, no rhyme or reason to it, just shots I especially like...I think I'm going to try a theme week, just for fun. :)

So. Let's start with some Eastern Tiger swallowtails.

Several of them visited the weed patch (a little bit of lawn I'm letting go au naturel) at our house last August. Unlike other butterflies of my acquaintance, swallowtails make great photo subjects, as they don't seem to mind being continuously oogled by the paparazzi while eating. ;-)

The picture below is of a female (black) and a male (yellow). Dinner date?

Papilio glaucus

August 2005, Canon PowerShot S230

Memory of summer

Raindrops on...geraniums (ha! thought I was going to say "roses," didn't you? ;-p )

August 2005, Canon PowerShot S230

Happy New Year, belated

New camera joy continues.

World at my fingertips

January 2006, Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT

This one is particularly nice viewed large.