Two pairs of "Argynnis paphia" butterflies feeding on a flower in summer sunny day

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I recently spotted this pair of dahlias at a local park. What caught my attention were the subtle colour variations within the petals.

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River Korana, Karlovac, Croatia

For Macro Mondays - Pair

Pair of Gannets in perfect synchrony at Fife Ness today

A macro shot of the two main components that make up a pair of pliers.

The two halves of the pliers were put in clamps to hold their alignment and positioned over my black background. Lighting was adjusted to provide a reasonable even illumination and two focus layers were made, one on the machined surface and the other on the cast surface. The two focus layers were aligned and processed in PS. The parts measure 2.25 inches or about 2.5 inches as shown.

Macro Mondays group

Theme: Pair

Nikon 55mm f/2.8 NIKKOR Micro

This pair of Northern Shovelers were seen at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Florida.

The green-headed drake leads in this picture.

Pair of windows of a renovated house in the streets of old Kastoria.

Juvenile to first winter Common Gulls

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Brian Piccolo Park, Fort Lauderdale, FL

Owlets from same burrow as this adult

On the niger seed feeder in Wales

I went to the Sandhill Crane Festival in Fairbanks, Alaska and was pleasantly surprised. I was expecting four days of rain but we had two nice afternoons of some sunshine otherwise it would have been disappointing for photograhy! One of the rainy evenings I was thrilled to see hundreds if not more than a thousand cranes arrive to Creamer's Field in Fairbanks. Here I've captured two cranes coming in to one of the fields to eat and rest for a bit on their migration south.

Taken 25 August 2018 at Creamer's Field, Fairbanks, Alaska.

This Bald Eagle pair (Male-upper left, Female-lower right) share a bough and bask in the early morning sunshine.

On a birdfeeder in Cornwall

Few more day before I put my waterlilies in the pond.

Happy Sunday!

A pair of blue-winged teals (Anas discors, Anatidae) zoom by as they do over last year's brown cattails in the marsh.

Uihlein Waterfowl Production Area

Leopold Wetland Management District

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Winnebago County, Wisconsin

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Different stages of bloom different colors on the Lily

Cowichan Bay, B.C.

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Fullerton Arboretum

This image took one hour waiting for this moment. The temperature was high and these butterflies are fast. I got lucky to capture two in one image.

Taken through the window. Greenfinches have been absent from our garden for many years so it was nice to see this pair enjoying the sunflower seeds I put out.

A pair of Cooper's Hawks were busy flying to various trees and trying to extract some twigs. They were then flying back to another tree that was being used to build a nest. It was quite a neat experience and they let me get a bunch of images while they worked on their material gathering.

Canatara Park, Sarnia, ON

This pair is well practiced in flying in formation. It's hard to see from this photo but they were inches apart and perfectly synchronized in their wing movement. Beautiful to watch.

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Oriental Chessmen,

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Spring.

Nah, not yet.

It's the edge of a pocket on a pair of my old blue jeans. I wouldn't wear them in public, but they're comfy, and they're still fine for wearing around the house. That way, I don't wear out my good jeans any faster than I have to; blue jeans don't last as long as they used to. The stitching is usually fine, as you see here, but the fabric develops holes...

Macro Mondays: "Stitch" theme

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A pair of Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) resting in the shallows of a wetland on the prairie landscape east of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

17 May, 2018.

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On top of the Látrabjarg cliff two puffins posed for me. These delightful comic book birds weren't afraid of nearby humans at all.

Some species info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_puffin

Courting Robins who I'm delighted to say look like they are going to nest in my garden, fingers crossed.

Mottled Ducks are quite common in Florida. They sometimes breed with Mallards and hybrids form, much to the consternation of my biologist friend who is interested in preserving the Florida line. Here is a mated pair in flight. You can tell the male is in the foreground by his brighter yellow bill. The female's bill is more orange and duller.

I just looked up the Latin name and I'm almost jealous. How'd you like to be named "Anas fulvigula"? Not great: "Hey Anas, get a load of this!" Great: "Hey, Fulvigula, get a load of this!" :)

One of which is slightly blemished, but still lovely.

I'm not sure if this is a mated pair or adult and juvenile, Red-shouldered Hawk. I'm going with mated pair but feel free to share any thoughts you may have.

Macro Mondays

Pairs, France

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pair of orchids singing and swinging together