“Stick that in your pipe…”

My apologies. Another Painted Lady. I have a nice lake-and-sky image taken with my new point-and-shoot while out rowing on the lake today, but this image just keeps making me smile. With the proboscis coming out the side of this Painted Lady’s mouth, it looks rather like someone smoking a pipe (hence the title). Magnify to see what I mean!

Image notes 1/320" at f/6.3, ISO 500 and 250mm.

A year ago (“Spike-ball”): http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2011-08-15

[Keyt Harrington]

Wow those colors are great! Excellent closeup!

[Joyce Wells]

Amazing shot, Thom - another beauty!

[Jean Tookey]

A good shot. Beautiful colour.

[ladyjane]

Stunning! The colours are beautiful and you can see the texture of the wings!

[Carolyn White]

No apologies needed. I repeat butterflies all the time. Every shot is different. This is gorgeous, Thom!!!

[Ellen E]

This is magnificent! what a great place for it to land and pose for you - nice crisp shot

[Caryn]

Wow...another shot with such great detail. This one makes me smile, too. Nice catch!