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As a photographer, every once in a while you manage to capture an image that you know you will never better in a certain location. Tonight was one of those nights for me. I have wanted to capture a sunset including the Rannerdale bluebells for 5 or more years now but have never managed to get a decent shot. Don't get me wrong, I have witnessed some lovely sunsets there....but I prefer moody dramatic skies and most of the ones I have witnessed have been cloudless. I think the thing that has stuck in my memory is that 3 or 4 years ago I planned a sunset photoshoot here and missed out on some spectacular light after changing my mind on location last minute, and I have kicked myself ever since. None of the sunsets there since have come close to that night....until now. I have been to this exact location about 5 times over the past week - and it definitely proves that perseverance certainly pays off. It was actually raining about 20 minutes before I took this picture, and it didn't look like there was any chance of any light whatsoever - but I stuck it out and was rewarded with some of the most spectacular evening light I've ever witnessed. The amazing thing was that I was the only photographer here tonight to enjoy this splendour - a special moment for me. About an hour before the valley was crowded with people, but by the time the light emerged everyone had dispersed.
My daughter has several huge esperanza bushes. When I visited last week there were large yellow butterflies visiting the equally yellow flowers. I'd only seen this species once before & that was a female. This is my first male. He was old and tattered but really enjoying that nectar.
Male Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
Esperanza (Tecoma stans)
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Photographed in a private garden near Strawberry Plains Audubon Center in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
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The cloudless sulphur, Phoebis sennae (Linnaeus), is one of our most common and attractive Florida butterflies and is particularly prominent during its fall southward migration. Its genus name is derived from Phoebe the sister of Apollo, a god of Greek and Roman mythology (Opler & Krizek 1984). The specific epithet, sennae is for the genus Senna to which many of the cloudless sulphur's larval host plants belong.
The cloudless sulphur is widespread in the southern United States, and it strays northward to Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and New Jersey (Minno et al. 2005), and even into Canada. It is also found southward through South America to Argentina and in the West Indies.
I found this one on a Thistle in the Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area (Prarie Division) in Osceola County, Florida.
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Male Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae). Little Patuxent River, Patuxent Research Refuge, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
The cloudless sulphur, is a mid-sized butterfly found in the Americas. The species name comes from the genus Senna to which many of the larval host plants belong. The adult butterfly feeds on nectar from many different flowers with long tubes. Wing spans range from 4.8 to 6.5 cm (approximately 1.9
to 2.6 in).
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I am not a butterfly expert, to me it is a "Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly" but I am not 100% sure. So if any of my flickr friend my confirm me with the ID, I will be highly obliged.
Taken with 70-300 VR lens
The weather held for the days we were there - almost cloudless. I took this from just south of the Rongbuk monastery where we stayed overnight, which itself is just a short drive north of Tibetan Everest basecamp.
A sliver of the Everest north glacier can be seen at the base of the mountain to the right. The entire valley from which this photo was taken was once covered by that glacier, which has since receded over the past hundreds of years, hence the mounds of glacial debris piled up in the valley.
If you look closely on the left side of this photo you will see what looks to be a remote telemetry station on the hillside (or it could be a GSM station, or both).
Velvia 100
Check out my Tibet album or my Photostream for other images of Tibet, and my photo 'Touring Tibet - A Tutorial' for a brief overview of what it's like to be a tourist photographer in rural Tibet.
Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) larva on host-plant Fabaceae- Sicklepod (Senna obtusifolia), 9/13/2020, The Landing's Sparrow Field "Pollinator Garden Berm", Skidaway Island, Savannah, Chatham Co., Ga.
Russia, Altai Republic, Ust-Koksinsky District, Katun ridge, Kuyguk Lake
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Россия, Горный Алтай, Усть-Коксинский район, Катунский хребет, озеро Куйгук
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It looks better on black
Large female sulphur enjoying the flowers this month - North Georgia. One of our most common Fall butterflies - and they love red blossoms.
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The remote farming hamlet of Langdon Beck in Upper Teesdale in bright summer sunshine under an almost cloudless blue sky. The spectacular Cronkley Scar stands out in the background.