Hackberry Emperor Butterfly
The hardest part of photographing this butterfly was it was too darn friendly. My 100-400 lens is able to focus very close but it's useless at taking pictures of things sitting ON the lens. I would carefully remove it by letting it sit on my finger for a while. It would take off and then return to my lens. Finally, the two had a falling out and it landed on the gravel trail. Photographed in the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge in western Wisconsin.
Hackberry Emperor Butterfly
The hardest part of photographing this butterfly was it was too darn friendly. My 100-400 lens is able to focus very close but it's useless at taking pictures of things sitting ON the lens. I would carefully remove it by letting it sit on my finger for a while. It would take off and then return to my lens. Finally, the two had a falling out and it landed on the gravel trail. Photographed in the Trempealeau National Wildlife Refuge in western Wisconsin.