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Harwood farms in warm but hazy early spring sunshine. Lingy Hill farm closest to the camera, Stoney Hill farm off to the left and further away, Herdship and Waters Meet farms in the distance. Spoil heaps from the disused Lady's Rake lead mine just visible in the far distance.

The last glimpse of sunlight for the day. Oceanside, CA.

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.

Cloudless aerial sunrise calm seas at Macmasters Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

Snake Road, LaRue-Pine Hills, Illinois

This cloudless sulfur butterfly was flittering around the pineapple sage in my brother's backyard. Franklin, Tennessee, USA, October 2022

 

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I had never thought of Cloudless Sulphurs as potential pollinators of PB Gentians. In the couple of hours I spent in this area, every 10 minutes or so a Cloudless Sulphur would zoom in and dive into one of the gentians. They might stay for 5-10 seconds before moving on. Try as I might I couldn't get a clean shot, but was happy to get this image with pollen on the proboscis.

A bushfire (possibly a controlled burn) pushes its smoke above the border ranges horizon near Mt Tomewin. Slowly a white cap appears atop the smoke — a little physics in action. Warm air from the fire and carried up with the smoke reaches an altitude where it cools and the moisture in the smoke condenses. Voila! We have a cloud on a cloudless day. I guess all this shows that you can take the teacher out of science but you can't take the science out of the teacher...

Sunrise seascape with pretty blue sea and colour on the horizon at Killcare Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

Cloudless aerial sunrise calm seas at Macmasters Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

at Nudgee Beach...disappointed at the lack of cloud cover but overall happy with what I got

Canon 5D MarkIII

Canon 17-40 F4L USM

ISO 100 | 39mm | F13 | 1/15sec

Lee Filters - 1.2 Soft

 

Cloudless Beauty at Long Jetty NSW. It is very rare to get this jetty to yourself for sunset. Just taking the time to soak in the rays tonight, it was a beautiful thing.

Cloudless aerial sunrise calm seas at Macmasters Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

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I headed down to the Cot valley yesterday, despite the sky being completely blue and cloudless. I arrived just in time to scamper over the rocks and find a spot for the sunset. I am always amazed that nobody ever seems to venture further than about 10 meters away from the front of the beach. There were 3 or 4 photographers there just stuck in the same spot. I went around the corner to find the whole of the rest of the beach completely deserted! Their loss I guess.

 

Anyway, the clouds then appeared and the light show began. Beautiful rays of light beamed down, the colours were great and I had a really productive time. It never seems to fail to disappoint. It is one of my all time favourite spots, it just has a magical quality of light down there.

The shot here shows the Brisons on the horizon, the two big rocks so characteristic off the coast here. This spot is sandwiched between Land's End and Cape Cornwall. Famed for its rounded rock formations, the possible compositions are endless.

 

I have been trying to "expose to the right", having read about it in my recent Christmas Photography books. Hopefully this has started to make a difference to the tones, particularly in the darker areas. let me know what you think. Enjoy.

17-40mm, polariser, reverse grad and 0.6 s Lee Gnd (i think)

 

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Exposure:3.2

Aperture:f/22.0

Focal Length:17 mm

ISO Speed:100

Exposure Bias:+4/3 EV

Hot cloudless days, even in late September, cause ethereal sea mists to drift on onshore currents particularly over the flanking cliffs of Sandwood Bay and are not generated by the 215ft sea stack sentinel, Am Buchaille. Relentless sun drains the colour leaving monochrome photography the better option.

Cloudless aerial sunrise calm seas at Macmasters Beach on the Central Coast, NSW, Australia.

On a cloudless sunrise in the Bay Area, the water was calm and colorful as the sun rose.

Good morning everyone. Just two quick pics of my first Cloudless Sulphur (Phoebis sennae) butterflies of 2018. A species we strictly rely on migrants and which usually don't start making an appearance until August. But some years we might not see any. As for 2018, it can be described as mediocre with no where near as many the prior two years.

 

The Cloudless Sulphur is not an easy butterfly to photograph. Very erratic as they typically dart around more like a skipper butterfly. Plus due to its bright yellowish-green coloring and smooth wing surface you need to up the exposure setting quite a bit, otherwise they end over exposed.

 

So you'll know, this is a large butterfly for a sulphur with a wing span of 2 1/4 - 3 1/8 inches (5.7 - 8 cm).

 

Both pics are of males, as I've been unable to get one of a female yet. As for the second photo, it can be found in the comment section and my stream.

 

Thank you for stopping by...and I hope you're having a truly nice week.

 

Lacey

 

ISO400, aperture f/8, exposure .001 seconds (1/2000) focal length 300mm

   

Amazing how many butterflies are still out and about. I'm lovin' it!

If you one of these people who think the end of the world is no longer coming, please find it has arrived (as so many people say). Where it applies I leave to your sense of observation and communication while you munch on it.

There is still a point in taking pictures though (end of the world takes time to happen).. This one was taken after wishful wishing of watching cloudless sky for the whole day. There is no better way of stopping “end of the world” that going on "sweet spot" finding stroll, and finding one ... to your own heart delight.

A Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly perched on Tartarian Aster is illuminated by the sunshine at the New York Botanical Garden (Bronx, New York)—October 8, 2011

Cloudless blue skies are a rarity in the South Wales Valley's, but that's what yesterday produced as 66148 winds its way slowly down from Cwmbargoed. 6C93 10:39 Cwmbargoed Opencast Colliery to Margam Terminal Complex.

Cloudless sunrise over Cathedral Rock, Kiama (90 minutes south of Sydney), Australia. This small cave is only accessible during low tide but provides an interesting composition.

 

Nikon D800, Nikkor 16-35mm, Lee ND .9 filter. PP in CS6.

Fujifilm X-H1 Astia simulation with no post processing SOOC

Showing some wear and tear.

Phoebis sennae

Tucson, AZ

Fujifilm X-H1 Astia simulation

This past week in my flowers. Happy Butterfly Monday!

On this cloudless morning in Arches I decided to attempt another classic photo I have shot a number of times before. I was amazed that at the Windows District parking lot there was only one car so I decided to make a run for the small perch through the North Window Arch needed to take this shot.

 

I scrambled up and met Jay from Arkansas. We spent an enjoyable 30 minutes talking, shooting, and waiting for sunrise until a very loud group of tourists decided they needed this shot as well. Man, could they yell! All of a sudden our little perch became crowded and noisy!

 

But the great light had come and gone. We smiled at each other and left as well!

 

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Cloudless, sunny day and Lady Emma goes topless 😉

Butterflies have been swarming all over the cardinal flower around the pond. This one is a male cloudless sulphur. The hummingbirds like cardinal flower as well, but they don’t seem to be very good at perching and I am not fast enough to catch them flying.

 

Williamson County, Tennessee, USA. August 22, 2016

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