Friday, August 12, 2005

More beautiful creatures from this morning

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Eastern Tiger Swallowtail (aka Yellow Swallowtail).

His wings.

A House Finch poses for me.

Thursday, August 11, 2005

More critters from the garden this morning

Painted lady closeup.

Dragonfly - Male Blue Dasher.

A bee works a some lavender.

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

Peekaboo

Camera love

I stalk butterflies, and hummingbirds (with the camera). Gotta get those hummingbird photos fast because they're fattening up right now for the long flight south. They will be flying south in a week or two! Here are my very first photographs of hummingbirds and butterflies, taken over the past 3 days.

Pipevine Swallowtail.

Closeup of the Pipevine Swallowtail.

Painted Lady. Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Hummingbird in shadow. Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Hummingbird in light (a different hummingbird from the previous). Image hosted by Photobucket.com

Hummingbird's wingspan. Image hosted by Photobucket.com