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Painted Bush Quail | Perdicula erythrorhyncha | Nilgiris, India | Sony α7R IV | Sony FE 200–600 mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS | f 6.3 @ 1/500 | ISO 1000

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I got eaten by many mosquitos to get this shot blue hour shot of Paint Lake near Thompson, Manitoba, and in Northern Manitoba in the summer, they get quite hungry at dusk. The rain was really coming down at this point.

Thanks, so much...

Painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) at Wildwood Nature Preserve in the canal. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

A female Painted Bunting taking a bath.

Painted Buntings are pretty aggressive to other members of their species. When the males aren't challenging with a song or fighting, they spend a lot of time hiding from predators. As brightly colored as they are, it's difficult to spot them back in the shade and leaves. Our beautiful world, pass it on.

I have a difficult time telling the painted lady and American lady species of butterflies apart. I'm pretty sure this one is the painted lady (vanessa cardui) and it looked beautiful on a pink zinnia.

Montell, Uvalde County, Texas in October 2020

I've found that the male Painted Buntings will get upset if someone wants to join them in the bath. The female Painted Bunting is on the rim of the bird bath waiting her turn.

painted lady butterfly

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Off on another adventure... sometimes we catch light, sometimes we don't. My general rule is explore when the probability is high, and relax when it's low.

Love watching these feeding on our buddleia swinging around in todays winds. Sitting in a chair with my 500pf it is a challenge to capture one and wondering how the hell they hang on while feeding is another

(Athens, Greece, 2020)

...processing these has been tricky without the yellows merging into a custardy mush. But what's not to like really...??

Thought the new Trolls hair piece 65463 would work well as the tip of a paint brush.

You can see the model in 3D on Mecabricks.

Palace rooms with painted walls inside Junagarh Fort, Bikaner, Rajasthan, India

I've not seen many Painted Ladies this year and most of those I have seen have been rather tatty. This rather lovely one stayed around these flowers at Plas Newydd gardens fro quite a while, enabling me to get plenty of shots. I didn't notice the incoming Hoverfly (or is it a bee?) until I downloaded the image from my camera.

Cuyahoga Falls OH

My best friend Jen, remixed.

Here's the original:

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painted turtle looking back at a male mallard

Beautiful morning it was!

My little Painted Bunting friend. I did a quick stop at the park before the rain hit and for once this bird actually stopped in a mostly open spot and I was able to get some cleaner shots. It's so nice to have a reliable spot to see one of these colorful guys.

Painted Desert NP Arizona

- I see a red door and I want to paint it black...

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Stairway, ghost town

This was taken on a prairie grass trail at a local provincial park. I was hoping to find Clearwing Moths on this trail, but instead found my first Painted Lady of the year and several others, plus several Viceroys (FOY) and a few Monarchs.

Church in Triglav National Park, Slovenia, Pentax K100D, Snapseed on iPhone.

Pulicat Lake

Santa Clara Ranch, South Texas

Anonymous painter called the Master of Saint Francis active in Umbria around 1250-1275.

Louvre

Painted Lady butterflies (Vanessa Cardui) were raised at home from caterpillars supplied from Insect Lore. This one is getting used to the idea of freedom in the garden just after release.

Laowa 100mm macro lens.

Painted Hill National Monument Oregon, is a small but special spot deep in the middle of Oregon. The colors represent 100's of millions of years of geological history.

Olympus em-1

Graffiti on an abandoned concrete structure near Folly Beach, South Carolina, USA

Davis, Ca. April, 2020.