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A Cloudless Sulphur taken in the gardens of the Corsland Hotel, St John's, Antigua on the 8th March 2024.
Cloudless mornings can make for a pretty boring sunrise when trying to normally 'capture it all'... so I decided to try to make something of it. Apologies for the lack of posts and activity...life's just been pretty crazy lately it seems. Hopefully I can catch-up one some feeds tonight. Hope everyone's having a great week!
West Pond, Parsonsfield, Maine.
We had another cloudless, cold sunset today, the third day in a row with just a clear and cold sky at sunset time.
With the cold weather we have been having lately the ice on the pond is singing, by that I mean that air trapped under the ice is moving around causing the ice to crack and buckle, moan and groan, rip and tear, ping and pop and make all kinds of weird spooky sounds.
This morning at 11:42 the ice buckled and broke and made a loud BOOM that shook the house, as the ice is getting thicker it's growing pains are becoming louder and more noticeable.
Sitting here posting this image I can hear the song of the ice quite clearly.
Just got back from a Memphis Camera Club trip to Reelfoot Lake. Seen at Blue Bank Resort butterfly garden. Reelfoot Lake.
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This is easily one of my favorite places in New York City to visit and photograph. It's a popular spot not only with tourists but the locals love to visit to relax and take in the sights. It baffles me that every time I visit, there are never any clouds in the sky. Not that I am complaining about the weather, because it was perfect that day. I guess I am being picky. The next time I return to Brooklyn Bridge Park, I will be sure to choose a day that is "Partly Cloudy" so I can fulfill my wish.
It may look very peaceful and calm in this scene but believe me when I tell you that it was opposite of that right behind me. This has become one of the most popular places to photograph in NYC and right behind me there were about 20 photographers and about 40 other tourists and locals just enjoying the view. Nonetheless, no matter the amount of people or weather, It's always a beautiful sight to look at Manhattan from across the river in Brooklyn.
Cattle Egret
Scientific name: Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Portuguese: Garça vaqueira
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Cloudless Sulphurs are large fast flying butterflies with males being particularly dizzying flyers as they search for females. Wing span is 2 1/4 - 3 1/8 inches (5.7 - 8 cm). Males are yellow with no markings on the upper side of the wings and faint spots underneath. Females are yellow above with black marginal spots, while the spots underneath are more prominent and noticeable than on males.
Permanent resident from Argentina north to southern Texas and the Deep South. Regular visitor and occasional colonist in most of the Southwest and the northern United States from the Midwest into New England, and sometimes as far north as Ontario, Canada. But many years it can be rare or non-existent in its northern range.
Flight season is year around in the Deep South; may have one flight in late summer in other southern states; immigrants to northern states in August or September usually do not reproduce. As the weather cools in autumn, adults begin a return migration back to the Deep South to overwinter.
Adult butterflies nectar from many different flowers, but prefer those with long tubes such as cordia, bougainvilla, cardinal flower, trumpet vine, hibiscus, lantana, wild morning glory, and jewelweed.
ISO400, aperture f/11, exposure .001 seconds (1/1000) focal length 300mm
The sulphur was enjoying the Purpletop Verain in the community gardens in Shelby Farms Park.
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Cloudless Sulfur butterfly enjoying a Wild Azalea. Sulfur butterflies are in the Pieridae family containing about 1100 species mostly in tropical Africa and Asia. The pigments that give the distinct (yellow, orange and white) colorization to these butterflies are derived from waste products in their bodies.
In a cloudless sky today, the mid-afternoon moon appeared very blue.
I was trying to capture birds in flight with the new lens but shot this handheld moon shot instead!
A scene from Tokyo Safari where a large female anaconda left a huge trail leading to a prize for her hungry hissing tongue. sssssss.....
In my yard,
Morro Bay, California
Apparently this species is expanding its range northward, at least in California. Until 5-6 years ago this butterfly species was uncommon in my neighborhood. Gradually we began to see it more often, nearly always on the move and rarely alighting. We have seen one daily in the past few weeks and occasionally two at once.
A cloudless evening, but haze caught the glow beautifully as sunset approached.
Starting from the foreground, the first two ridges are local; unnamed undulations between here and the near shore of Windermere. The third ridge, just visible at the left, is the far bank of the lake, 12½ km away south of Belle Grange.
Beyond the next hill (Park Fell, 18.3 km away, immediately south of Skelwith Bridge), Brown How (469 m) is the distinct summit on Lingmell Fell, 22½ km away, curving round to Oak Howe.
Behind that is Loft Crag (682 m, 26 km away) in the Langdale Pikes, or perhaps Pike Of Stickle (709 m); I'm not certain whether that taller peak is hidden by the former from this angle. The blockier summit to the right is Harrison Stickle (736 m), then Pavey Ark is just off the right edge of the image.
The skyline to the immediate left of Loft Crag is the col between Allen Crags (785 m, 30 km away) and Glaramara (not visible, behind the Langdales). Rossett Crag is barely distinguishable in front of it, but Green Gable (801 m) is behind, with Great Gable (899 m, 33.3 km away) just visible at the far left.
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A larger butterfly this time, similar in size to a Brimstone and almost identical colour. Flew at speed and rarely stopped with all the sun around fueling its flight.