David's Images of the Day Photoblog
Great Skua (wind span up to 140 cm/55 in) Soaring Above Cape Ingolfshofdi (Ingólfshöfði) an isolated headland on the southwest coast of Iceland. Image taken with a Nikon D4 camera and 80-400 mm VR II lens (ISO 220, 360 mm, f/5.6, 1/1000 sec).
Arctic Tern Hovering Looking For Fish in the Lagoon. Breiðamerkurjökull Glacier at the Jökulsárlón Lagoon in Southeast Iceland. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera, FT1 adapter, and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 160, 116 mm, f/5.6, 1/800 sec).
A Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly on a Cosmos Flower in my wildflower meadow. Image taken with a Fuji X-T2 camera and 100-400 mm OIS telephoto zoom lens (ISO 200, 400 mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec).
First Monarch Butterfly of the season on a Red Cosmos flower in my wildflower meadow. I have seen them along with yellow and black swallowtail butterflies the last few days, but finally found one that stayed in place long enough to have its picture taken.
The Clearwing Hummingbird Moths appear to like the purple delphinium flowers in my backyard wildflower meadow.
