Dave Watkins

A really nice frame you captured her in. Light and detail spot on as well.

Thanks Leanne. From a distance they don’t look this “spiky.” She must have been tired. No pollen or nectar but stayed here for quite some time.

That’s a gorgeous photograph of a Swallowtail Ken. Couldn’t ask for a better background.

Thanks for your comment. 🙂

Thumbs up Diane. I like this a lot. Contrast, colors, light, and that little peek of the brick wall. Great shot.

Thanks Dahlia. 🙂 I’m getting an ERROR message telling me that “Thanks Dahlia. 🙂 is a duplicate reply; it looks as though you’ve already said that.” Guess I’ll have to mix up my thank you’s a little. 🙂

Congrats on POTW Diane. Kent and Graham did a wonderful job detailing what makes this such a beautiful image.

Mylitta Crescentspot. One week after this was taken our air quality jumped into hazardous numbers from the wild fires. Have seen almost no pollinators since. I guess they’re hunkered down waiting for the skies to clear like the rest of us.

A bit of a 3D effect here. Very nice.

Honey bee checking out a Showy Milkweed seed pod.

Thanks davidc. 🙂

Thank you 🙂

Beautiful details and colors. I agree with Dahlia. I always like seeing the little specks of pollen in bee pics.

Good choice Patrick. Well deserved image for extra mention. Thumbs up Diane.

Thanks Dahlia and Rob. 🙂

Flying Solo.

Thanks all for your comments. Seeing this spot of bright light highlighting these ferns in a mostly dark forest was a very nice part of our walk that day.

Congratulations Bruce. I love visiting places like this and seeing photographs of them is a close 2nd. You nailed the composition. Great job at capturing the atmosphere of these beautiful old buildings. Like Tobie said. If they could only talk oh the stories they could tell. Good choice for POTW Beaky.

Because of the fires in our area we’ve had no power for three days so haven’t been able to post. Here’s one of the six Monarchs I followed around the Flight Room in Elkton pre fires.

More beautiful colors. Apparently we have two types of Tortoiseshell in our area but I haven’t seen one yet.