What I liked on this shot was the bottom tip there was just a dot of light out of a ridge that caught light just above the tip.

At home

Young female. It was too bad the sun already went down before she emerged so the light wasn't good, but that didn't matter because I felt privileged just to see her with my own eyes. She sure made my jaw drop in sheer awe of her and was one of my favourite bears to view as she dived into the water for a fish. They really put things into perspective for me. I was up on the bank with many other photographers. I wonder if she will have any cubs next year.

(Anthocharis cardamines) nectaring on Forget-me-not

One of the great satisfactions that digital photography brings to us these days!

Image taken in Costa Rica.

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Compositionally Challenged: playing with perspective

The tip of a new leaf on a Bengal Rubber Plant

In Rathdrum 03 May 2026

Orange Tip - Cleethorpes.

Strawflower with waterdrop

Looking Close...on Friday - Just One Drop

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TIPS - LOOKING CLOSE.. ON FRIDAY! You know it is not easy taking a photo of your fingers while they are holding your phone camera.

Always a sign of Spring when the Orange Tip Butterflies appear.

I'm only a week behind...LOL! I actually took these shots for last week's Looking Close on Friday "Tip" theme, but something came up and I wasn't able to post on that day. I was trying for shots that featured leaf tips. I had these two shots as candidates, but hadn't settled on which image I would use. But now, since I'm so far behind, I don't have to decide. 😄 Feel free to let me know which you like best.

The image at left was shot with a Helios 40-2 85mm f1.5 lens; the image at right was shot using a Nikkor 50mm f1.8 lens.

Palmyra Cove Nature Center, Burlington County, NJ

At home

Anthocharis cardamines (Linnaeus, 1758)

He runs (owns?) the small Mexican restaurant down the block from me. Too small to put many dining tables out on the street in front of the restaurant. So the main source of income during the Covid-19 pandemic is a takeout window from which they also serve drinks. Tips have always been appreciated. Now more than ever.

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A female Orange-tip at roost as the sun goes down in the background.

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bluebell ~ hyacinthoides hispanica

orange tip butterfly ~ anthocharis cardamines

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Moss Valley

Found this male Orange tip butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) in the garden the other week.

According to "UK Butterflies": "The Orange-tip is a true sign of spring, being one of the first species to emerge that has not overwintered as an adult. The male and female of this species are very different in appearance. The more-conspicuous male has orange tips to the forewings, that give this butterfly its name. These orange tips are absent in the female and the female is often mistaken for one of the other whites, especially the Green-veined White or Small White. This butterfly is found throughout England, Wales and Ireland, but is somewhat-local further north and especially in Scotland. In most regions this butterfly does not form discrete colonies and wanders in every direction as it flies along hedgerows and woodland margins looking for a mate, nectar sources or foodplants. More northerly colonies are more compact and also more restricted in their movements." www.ukbutterflies.co.uk

Another macro taken with entirely the wrong lens.

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Burnt-tip Orchids (Neotinea ustulata) on rough south facing limestone grassland in the "White" Peak District. A diminutive orchid BTOs are rare in Derbyshire and difficult to spot amongst grasses and other wildflowers.

Burnt tip orchid : neotinea ustulata

Lots of Orange Tip Butterflies in the garden yesterday on the wildflowers - thanks to #NoMowMay. They really like the Cuckoo Flowers and I noticed a bit of a commotion on this one!

Camo underside - tips of upper wings visible - not Orange so female!

A rare macro venture

Orange-tip. -

Anthocharis cardamines

Golden Acre - Breary Marsh

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Pulborough Brooks RSPB

North Stoke, West Sussex

Lots of Orange Tip butterflies on the wing along the River Orwell and Chantry Cut in Ipswich today! Most were pretty flighty but I managed some shots of this pair who were otherwise occupied!

Orange-tip butterflies (Anthocharis cardamines) are a common sight during spring and can be found in lots of places including meadows, woodland and hedges. Adults lay their eggs on garlic mustard, cuckooflower and hedge mustard plants.

The male orange-tip is unmistakeable. It is a white butterfly with half of its forewing being a bold orange colour, and with light grey wingtips. The female is also white, but has grey-black wingtips, similar to the white butterflies. Both sexes show a mottled, 'mossy grey' pattern on the underside of their hindwings when at rest.

Orange-tips are found across the UK, but are scarcer in the north of Scotland.

Orange-tip caterpillars are cannibalistic, eating their own eggshell when they emerge and moving on to eat other orange-tip eggs nearby. The caterpillars pupate in July and overwinter as a pupa, emerging as butterflies the following spring.

An orange-tip female on wild garlic flowers

Mountain and mist

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These birds (almost) always seem to look in excellent condition, probably the normal viewing conditions of a bright winters day and a healthy diet of high carotene berries helps.

I have included a shot taken a few years ago in comments below of the wax primary feather tips that give the bird its name.

Taken in Kelling, North Norfolk. Approx. 24m away.

This is one of a number of photos that I took for a web site that I designed for a local horse stable. I used this one on the Contact page .... Tipper... this happy dog always greets me when I arrive.

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It was not a photo that I planned for the site, but when I saw him there looking down the lane, I took the shot... later decided to use it.

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Both she and her mama look like they’re wearing lipstick

From L'Anse to Summit CN battles a stiff eastbound grade that tops out at 3.04% as they climb the Huron Mountains. L540 is near the top of that Climb and has reached fresh frosted trees but that didn't last as we dropped back down in elevation.