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2 more photos of orange tip butterflies seen yesterday.
The only flowers that any settled on yesterday.
Artomyces pyxidatus
- crown-tipped coral
- clavaire en chandelier
- Verzweigte Becherkoralle
- kroontjesknotszwam
Location: Utrechtse Heuvelrug near Austerlitz, The Netherlands.
Date taken: November 30, 2024.
Yellow-tipped Flasher (Telegonus anausis) captured at the Emerald Valley Nature Center, Lake Yojoa, Honduras. This image showcases the butterfly perched delicately on a cluster of white flowers, its intricate wing patterns and vibrant yellow tips highlighted against a softly blurred green backdrop. The photo was taken with a Canon R5 and an RF 100-400mm lens combined with a 1.4x extender, using a shutter speed of 1/180 sec at f/11 and ISO 800. The f/11 aperture was intentionally chosen to achieve a deep depth of field, ensuring the entire butterfly and its perch remained in sharp focus.
From a photographer's perspective, capturing the Yellow-tipped Flasher in its natural habitat presented a rewarding challenge. The choice of equipment and settings was crucial to freeze the subtle movements of the butterfly while maintaining clarity and depth. The Emerald Valley Nature Center is renowned as the top spot in Honduras for butterfly photography, offering a diverse array of species to observe and capture. Special thanks to Robert Gallardo and his efforts at the nature center. His dedication to conservation and his comprehensive butterfly book have been invaluable resources for understanding the rich biodiversity of this region. This image stands as a testament to the beauty and complexity of nature, and I hope it inspires others in the photography community to continue exploring and preserving our natural world.
©2022 Adam Rainoff Photographer
Yellow flowers cover the golden willows (Salix alba ‘Vitellina’) along Silver Tip Creek east of Belfry in Carbon County, Montana. A variety of white willow, the golden willow grows new stems that are a bright golden color. This bright color makes these trees stand out in the winter. In the spring slim, cylindrical, yellow flower clusters called catkins cover the trees as seen in this photo. These yellow flowers will give way to green leaves as the summer approaches. Golden willows are not native to Montana and Wyoming but were introduced by settlers who used them as windbreaks and shade trees. They escaped cultivation and naturalized across the area.
References:
www.ag.ndsu.edu/trees/handbook/th-3-139.pdf
www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/willow/golden-w...
I'm struggling to comprehend the seeming speed with which life has transitioned from manageable to the unimaginable. The preoccupation is rightly with the coronavirus itself. But ultimately the psychological aspect of longterm stress and anxiety might prove equally disabling. Each day brings an increased awareness that this is going to be a long term situation with effects that will surely outlast the virus itself. I'm clinging to daily routines in an effort to maintain mental health. But it's deeper than that. I need to feel a sense of self worth; a need to exist. There has to be more to a day than watching endless news coverage. It's important to be dialed into events, but I fear the hypnotic effect of ongoing news feeds. Balance is key right now. It will be a process of discovery for many of us as routines change, perhaps radically, as we find out how exactly we will fit into the new model. It will be a process.
We're on the verge of the vernal equinox; the first day of Spring in the northern hemisphere is Thursday. Normally a time of year filled with hope and optimism. Likely to go all but unnoticed this year. I was scrolling through an old email queue yesterday looking for a past communication. There I stumbled upon threads from exactly one year ago. They were filled with discussion of problems and issues with jobs that seemed paramount at the time, but utterly trivial now. How I wished those sorts of problems were the worst thing in life now.
The other day I noticed a very challenging astrological makeup for this week starting tomorrow, March 18. An astounding six planets will cluster in the sign of Capricorn. The indication is one of a tipping point being crossed. Perhaps a big disclosure is in the offing. The tension will remain strong through early next week. Stay safe.
Good UK weather early in April has brought the butterflies out in force. This one was taken at Brandon Marsh
Tip. Looking Close...on Friday!
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I was delighted to find this orange tip settled with wings closed towards the end of my walk. It was in an area I do not usually visit or expect to see much.
The underside of this species is very different to other butterflies in Britain and makes the male orange tip very appealing in both ventral and dorsal views.
Flynn came on a snowdrop hunt with me this week! It always make me happy to find these first little flowers of the new year... I don't mind our winter weather too much (unless we have an unusually soggy one!) but the short, dark days are a drag. Once the snowdrops begin to bloom, it's a sign that brighter days will soon be here again!
Other than the day we went to the woods to hunt for flowers, Flynn's had a pretty quiet week. It's the first full week of him being on new meds, so we've been taking it steady, in case he feels funny. I won't stop fretting til he has blood work done & but as far as I can tell, Flynn seems to be tolerating these drugs better than the ones he tried at the end of last year - admittedly, he is currently only on a 1/2 dose, so I think that's helped limit side-effects! The first couple of days were rough - first night he was really agitated, the next, he seemed to be dizzy... but he now appears fairly normal, if a little tired at times (hard to say if that's the medication or his health problem). Anyway, we're just doing as much as Flynn wants really! Today, it's tipping down with rain, so we're having an indoorsy day...
Orange-tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) (female), Buchanan Castle Golf Course, Drymen. I don't know how this photo turned out sharp, as the stalk of grass was swaying gently in the breeze. Olympus's in-camera image stabilisation is definitely superior to my Nikon.
I was lucky enough to take this with my iPhone while looking for a place to set up my DSLR. Ended up the only photo of the day. It is a common Orange Tip Butterfly native to the UK.
White tip reef sharks grow to about 2.5m and are harmless to humans but not so to reef fish. They are especially very thorough hunters by night.
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shot with an olympus om-d e-m10 mark iii and a panasonic 20mm f/1.7 mark ii lens
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my thoughts on this camera:
aarondesigns.org/Olympus-OMD-EM10-markiii-long-term-review/
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Orange tip Butterfly resting and showing the attractive underwing. Large numbers on the wing in this hot sunny Spring weather
First shot of the orange tip from the other evening before moving in closer, Kingcombe meadows, Dorset.
A trip to The Kennedy Space Center in northeast Florida is very interesting. The facility occupies acres and acres of land, and you travel form one point to the other by bus. There are various displays, and demonstrations, including this actual Apollo Rocket . Man's first step on the moon was in July 1969, 40 years ago!
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