David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Red Amaryllis Bloom. Image taken with a Fuji X-T1 camera and 60 mm f/2.4 lens (ISO 200, 60 mm, f/16, 1/60 sec) using the EF-X8 flash. Part of a multi-day time-lapsed flower blooming project.
Flower Bloom High in a Tree near Clyde Butcher’s Big Cypress Swamp Gallery in Florida. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 600 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 100, 600 mm, f/4, 1/640 sec). The bloom was 40-50 feet in the air. I was only able to get an image from this angle. Please let me know if anyone can help ID.
Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on a Joe Pye Weed Bloom at the Sourland Mountain Preserve. Image taken with a Nikon D800 camera and 500 mm f/4 VR lens (ISO 250, 500 mm, f/5, 1/600 sec). Lens mounted on a monopod.
I’ve visited the Sourland Mountain Preserve several times since returning from Iceland. There are a couple of patches of Joe Pye weeds that the Yellow (Tiger) Swallowtail and Black Swallowtail butterflies are attracted. I did see one Clearwing Hummingbird Butterfly, but wasn’t quick enough to get a picture. I only saw one thistle in bloom. Didn’t see any Praying Mantis (butterfly predators). Also, only one Monarch Butterfly.
Dandelion Gone to Seed at Keukenhof Tulips Gardens. Image taken with a Leica X2 camera (ISO 100, 24 mm, f/2.8, 1/60 sec). In camera B&W.
Lone Poppy Flower in a Field of Wheat near Donana Park in Spain. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 100, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/640 sec).
