Ironman...
...best viewed large.
Good morning everyone and a Happy Labor Day Holiday to those of you in the United States and Canada.
Featured today for Butterfly Monday is the Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), a butterfly whose population has exploded recently. Buckeyes normally peak here this time of season, but I seem to be seeing more than usual this year. There everywhere on every wildflower there is to be found.
Speaking of wildflowers, featured along with the Buckeye is Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica), a member of the Aster family (Asteraceae) of which the butterflies are feeding on in this series. The butterflies almost look pale in comparison to the intensely deep purple flowers, which the day I took these pics were covered in Buckeyes.
For this series I limited the commentary - text to the Missouri Ironweed, one of four varieties found locally, but the most common. To me it's the prettiest of the four and the best for photographing butterflies since it grows just the right height...about chest to shoulder high.
This series is a bit long, so please bear with it as I wanted to include a few photos with multiple butterflies. And so you'll know, all these photos were taken the same day, at a single grouping of plants at the place now known as Lacey Pond.
Thank you for visiting...and I hope you have a truly marvelous Monday.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm
Ironman...
...best viewed large.
Good morning everyone and a Happy Labor Day Holiday to those of you in the United States and Canada.
Featured today for Butterfly Monday is the Common Buckeye (Junonia coenia), a butterfly whose population has exploded recently. Buckeyes normally peak here this time of season, but I seem to be seeing more than usual this year. There everywhere on every wildflower there is to be found.
Speaking of wildflowers, featured along with the Buckeye is Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica), a member of the Aster family (Asteraceae) of which the butterflies are feeding on in this series. The butterflies almost look pale in comparison to the intensely deep purple flowers, which the day I took these pics were covered in Buckeyes.
For this series I limited the commentary - text to the Missouri Ironweed, one of four varieties found locally, but the most common. To me it's the prettiest of the four and the best for photographing butterflies since it grows just the right height...about chest to shoulder high.
This series is a bit long, so please bear with it as I wanted to include a few photos with multiple butterflies. And so you'll know, all these photos were taken the same day, at a single grouping of plants at the place now known as Lacey Pond.
Thank you for visiting...and I hope you have a truly marvelous Monday.
Lacey
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .004 seconds (1/250) focal length 300mm