Walking the Crosstimbers
Gulf Fritillary -- Agraulis vanillae - 3
Posted by Earnest (Oklahoma, United States) on 8 October 2009 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Among the most beautiful of butterflies I've seen.....
I hope you enjoyed the viewing... Have a great day!
martie from US, United States
Fantastic! Love the profile - and once again the details you are able to capture are wonderful. What type of lens are you using?
8 Oct 2009 7:43am
@martie: Nothing really fantastic, Martie... for this one I was using a Sigma 70-300 mm lens with a macro switch (it's touchy if you don't have enough light) that works OK for me.
@Eric Fry: Thanks, Eric... I've had a banner year moving from wildflowers as you know to the next logical thing, the butterflies and insects that feed on them. Seems I'm about to exhaust most of the easily found flowers and insects.. not sure what might be next. I noticed on my recent jaunt to Houston that the wildflowers here were pretty much duplicated all the way from here to Pearland.. If you can find the time and a field full of blooming asters (they usually bloom in October) - then I highly recommend you take your camera out and have a look. Butterflies of all types are migrating in your direction... and yesterday I photographed a plethora of skippers, buckeyes, sulphurs, gulf and verigated fritillaries, monarchs, viceroys and some I haven't even identified! I was very happy about this but it could lead to butterfly boredom about my blog before the end of the year.. Thanks for the comment!
Mirjam from Kiev, Ukraine
I agree, this is beautiful butterflies. A great picture
8 Oct 2009 11:28am
David Nos from Barcelona, Spain
So vivid colors and beautiful scene, very nice captured, perfect!!
8 Oct 2009 12:06pm
Steven from Chicagoland, United States
Great detail and eye-catching markings that you captured here.
8 Oct 2009 12:54pm
Christel from Köln, Germany
Good evening, Earnest,
the butterflies are more beautiful. I hardly even think about this word and I'm very surprised at how many copies there are on the big world. I always have to go to a butterfly house with the car, a few miles away from our home when I want to shoot butterfly. In my photo book you will find some of them. Unfortunately, I
do not know the name. Today, it is not raining here. But I'm glad that I could delight you with the picture on my web page. Thank you for your comments. I'll give you 5 stars ***** for this recording.
Dear greetings Christel
8 Oct 2009 6:32pm
@Christel: Thank you so much for the great comments!
Marion from Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Another beauty Ernest. He is just gorgeous. I think I would find myself talking to them as I photographed them ....if only we had them in our area. I seldom see one and usualy it is when I don't have camera in hand. But you certainly make up for my lack of butterflies with your beautiful pictures.
8 Oct 2009 6:41pm
@Marion: It seems that here they are everywhere this year! I am taking advantage too...
Curly from South Shields, United Kingdom
I never grow tired of looking at your nature pictures, and this is no exception.
8 Oct 2009 6:49pm
Dawn from Maryland, United States
Your butterfly shots are beautiful Earnest!! This is perfect and I love the color of this one. ; )
8 Oct 2009 7:01pm
flyingwind风飞扬 from Bridgetown, Barbados
Excellent series of this beautiful 'lady'!!! Very nice!
8 Oct 2009 7:09pm
daniela scharnowski from Berlin, Germany
you really had a gracious model! I think I like this shot even more than yesterday´s =)
8 Oct 2009 8:10pm
Ricardo from Lousada, Portugal
Agraulis vanillae is for sure one of the most beautiful butterflies from Fritillaries Family. In my whole life i've just seen a Fritillary once in my life! I could find its catterpillar and the butterfly! they are really beautiful!
10 Oct 2009 10:51am
Candace from Phoenix, AZ, United States
I can't decide which of the series is my fave, they're all gorgeous.
11 Oct 2009 5:40pm
lucid from Toronto, Canada
This is just gorgeous. I would hang this up as a piece of art in a prominent space in my house! Beautifully done, Earnest!
13 Oct 2009 1:57am
