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28-Sep-2025

Head-on

The last of my butterfly pictures from Sunday. Interestingly, although they were at those flowers all day long, they haven’t returned since. Update: They came back Thursday afternoon, and I couldn't resist trying to get more pictures of them.

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On Sunday I saw a butterfly on my next door neighbor’s Mexican sunflowers from our front window but figured by the time I got my camera, moved Queenie out of the way and got out the door, it would be gone, so didn’t try to catch it. But in the afternoon I saw more of them — monarchs and swallowtails — all over the flowers, so this time I grabbed my camera and ran outside. They were there for hours, into the early evening, and I managed to get a few shots, although the swallowtails were constantly on the move and hard to capture.

Back to the swallowtails, posted earlier:

Nikon Z 7 ,Nikkor AF-S 300/4E PF ED VR with FTZ adapter
1/400s f/5.6 at 300.0mm iso1600 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Liz Bickel03-Oct-2025 05:37
Beautifully captured.
Ton, Ben & Rob Nagtegaal03-Oct-2025 05:34
Again a beautiful and colors ful image, love the POV. V
Arnie Peterschmidt03-Oct-2025 05:04
Beautiful colors and details. Our butterflies are gone for the year.
jtocaciu03-Oct-2025 05:04
Exquisite picture. Superb colours and sharpness. VVV.
Dennis Hoyne03-Oct-2025 02:36
Beautiful! This is head on shot is so unusual, and its wings mimic the lines of the flower.
Julie Oldfield03-Oct-2025 00:56
I love the head on capture. They are so beautiful and complex as shown in your fine image. V
janescottcumming03-Oct-2025 00:45
Terrific head on shot! V
hayl03-Oct-2025 00:34
Beautiful flowers and butterfly. Excellent photo.
Allan Jay02-Oct-2025 21:34
Excellent POV…well worth returning!
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Denise J T Lee02-Oct-2025 20:39
Impeccable composition and captivating colors. The butterfly and the petals are perfectly parallel. What a striking capture ! ~VVVVV~.
Gerard KOEHL02-Oct-2025 18:49
Superbe prise de vu sous un bel angle. V
globalgadabout02-Oct-2025 16:16
super shot...the straight-on view makes this particularly engaging..
joseantonio02-Oct-2025 15:53
sharp colors and lines.V.
Alain Boussac02-Oct-2025 15:09
Remarkable shooting angle. Superb colors and details. Strong impact. VV.
larose forest photos02-Oct-2025 15:03
Spectacular shot, Helen! You have captured the butterflies on the Mexican sunflowers perfectly, a real pleasure to see your beautiful images. VV