I could not believe my luck today! My son-in-law cooked for my daughter and myself for Mother's Day, had a lovely time. On the way home, I stopped to take photos of Indian Blanket wildflowers, there were several types of butterflies there and I snapped away. Farther down the country road, I stopped to take photos of the thistles. I almost did not notice this Monarch! I was so excited! It is the first one I have seen in a long time and the first one I have gotten a photo of!
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Thanks to everyone who viewed and commented on my Egret photo and for all the FAV's. I appreciate you very much!
@tooki Thank you! He's been my son in law for a bit over 17 years, so I guess we will keep him - LOL. He did the barbeque and my daughter did the veggies and granddaughter helped with desert.
@revjoel Thank you! @maggiemae Maggie, thank you for saying that. I do feel that I have improved but have farther to go. I am my worst critic. @triciaodonnell Thank you for viewing and commenting. I appreciate everyone!
@kerristephens Thank you! @darsphotos Dumb luck and patience, I think. This was a fun shot, I was panning the thistles through a steel or iron fence, leaning over and could not believe it when I saw him. It is a wonder I did not fall over the railing leaning in to get a good shot! Would have been awful, as I was alone on the country road. Taken near Springtown, Texas.
@grannysue Do you have a setting for Macro on your camera as my Sony does not have a dedicated Macro setting and so I play with a few settings and most of the time cannot capture anything like this. Do you have a setting that you use for photos like this and some of your other photos? Glad you did not fall in as you were leaning. What we do for a photo. I have only seen one or two butterflies this year. I kid with my cousin in Texas as there are so many critters there and on the whole larger than ours.
Good , Better, Best ..Dont ever Rest..untill the Good gets Better and the Better get's Best!! This is the BEST!!! LOVE it and FAV , FAV, FAV!!!!!( My Nursing instructor put that in my yearbook the day i graduated from nursing school....I never forgot it...i just wished i knew who wrote it).....:)
@michelle58 Thank you! @pointnshoot28 Thank you for your kind words, Donna, I appreciate them. I am going to be uploading some more butterfly and bee shots. There were all kinds of butterflys and bees hanging around the wildflowers on Sunday.
@maggiemae Maggie, thank you for saying that. I do feel that I have improved but have farther to go. I am my worst critic.
@triciaodonnell Thank you for viewing and commenting. I appreciate everyone!
@darsphotos Dumb luck and patience, I think. This was a fun shot, I was panning the thistles through a steel or iron fence, leaning over and could not believe it when I saw him. It is a wonder I did not fall over the railing leaning in to get a good shot! Would have been awful, as I was alone on the country road. Taken near Springtown, Texas.
Thank you for viewing and commenting. I appreciate it and the favs.
@pointnshoot28 Thank you for your kind words, Donna, I appreciate them. I am going to be uploading some more butterfly and bee shots. There were all kinds of butterflys and bees hanging around the wildflowers on Sunday.