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| Sphingidae: Hippotion rosetta |
Range: Northwest India through southeast Asia - Andaman islands to eastern Indonesia, the Solomon Islands, Torres Straits and New Guinea.
- Hawaii
This is an odd posting: Disappointing photos. Today, while waiting for my wife to fetch me from the ophthalmologist, I stopped to gawk at bees busily bouncing about flowers for nectar. Hundreds of them gathered and proved no threat to me as I closed in and captured 20 shots, using iPhone XS.
Grumble. Can the Apple cameras do no better than this and the next two, which are the best of a bad lot? I experimented with standard and Portrait modes—and all the pics look artificial at best, and not sharp enough at worst.
On this first of the trio, composition kind of works because of the similar position of the flying bee in the foreground and the one in the blurred background. That’s the only quality redeeming the photo for me.
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saw this little guy outside hiding under the broom. haven't seen one in ages so it was a nice surprise
This roseate skimmer posed for me for at least 10 minutes. He just sat on that branch and let me come very close and take shots from several angles.
Catopsilia florella. Non-'yellow' form.
Rusty fellow. Got it when leisurely feeding on nectar.
Lagos, Nigeria.