Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly — Image by kenne
Happiness is a butterfly,
which when pursued,
is always just beyond your grasp,
but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
Cloudless Sulphur Butterfly — Image by kenne
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
Texas Crescent Butterfly on Mt. Lemmon, Arizona — Image by kenne
— Nathaniel Hawthorne
Photographing butterflies this summer has been difficult. The few that are around are skipping from plant to plant, not taking time to stop.
While hiking on Mt. Lemmon yesterday, I kept and eye out for butterflies. I tried photographing a black swallowtail, the only one I saw, in flight with no success. My only success came when I spotted a painted lady butterfly, stopping just long enough for the following images to be captured.
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Images by kenne (Click on any of the images to see a slide show.)
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