I waited til the last minute today to take a photo- and all I had the energy for was to collapse in a chair on my deck and wait for something to happen. I saw a hummingbird in the geraniums when I first came out, but I guess my camera and long lens scared her away. Then I sat and waited . . .
and waited
and waited!
No birds at all (not even the ubiquitous jays)! And no squirrels.
I finally noticed a butterfly that came sailing through our garden and over the fence into the neighbor’s yard. It didn’t light on anything, but just zoomed around. I’ve been wanting to get a macro shot of a butterfly, but today I would have just been happy with an in focus shot!
I followed that butterfly for over a half hour as it sailed through the yard in the same pattern over and over again. We have lots of flowers, so you would think it would make a stop now and then. I did notice it slowing down over a particular shrub, so I focused on that bush . . .
and waited.
Finally Mr. Butterfly came into view, and I snapped a few mediocre shots from far away with my 300mm lens. None of the images were spectacular, so I have combined a very cropped image of the butterfly with some photos of the geraniums where it SHOULD have landed!
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Nice capture, even if it didn’t land on the geraniums. And the geraniums are lovely. It’s a Swallowtail, I think. I have seen very few butterflies this year.
With such patience you are bound to catch that butterfly soon. Nice shots anyway though.
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