Treasures of Nature
Aug 29, 2019 08:11:30 #
Aug 29, 2019 08:16:51 #
SENSORLOUPE wrote:
These all are very beautiful!
Thank you, SENSORLOUPE!
Aug 29, 2019 08:24:25 #
Katydid wrote:
Beautiful photos, Annie.
I appreciate your nice compliment, Katydid.
Aug 29, 2019 08:28:23 #
Aug 29, 2019 08:33:42 #
rlaugh wrote:
Fine set!!
Thanks for viewing my post and for the comment, rlaugh
Aug 29, 2019 08:39:16 #
docshark wrote:
Well Annie it looks like you found a wonderful place to sit and observe His creations. You have a beautiful variety to shoot. These are just wonderful captures. Stick with it. I'm sure you'll get your humming bird!
-Doc
-Doc
Thank you for viewing Treasures of Nature. I'm very pleased with your encouraging response. God bless!
Aug 29, 2019 09:04:57 #
Thank you so much Annie-Get-Your-Gun for this amazing series of gorgeously colored butterflies.... A close by butterfly bush is treasure to find... every day on my walk I pass by one and always stop to behold these wonderful "Treasures of Nature"
Albeit the imagery of the monarch butterfly brings tears to my eyes... Sadly monarchs teeter on the edge of an extinction tipping point—at which their numbers drop too low for the species to recover. September use to be an epic event here in Virginia where the sky was full of these migrating gems of nature... The recent The creation of herbicide-resistant corn and soybeans has allowed farmers could eradicate weeds and other understory plants, including milkweed (upon which monarchs depend on), that competed with their crops. Now I only see an occasional monarch rather than hundreds this time of year...
Bottom Line? This once noble and charismatic butterfly which makes one of the longest known insect migrations (over a 1000 miles) has been reduced to less than 10% of it's former number.... and that value is falling quickly... all because of the huge increase in the use of herbicides which destroy its habit. Yes please treasure your images of the endangered monarch... it is on the fast tract to extinction...
Again thank you so much for sharing Annie-Get-Your-Gun... I deeply appreciate those beautiful images.
Albeit the imagery of the monarch butterfly brings tears to my eyes... Sadly monarchs teeter on the edge of an extinction tipping point—at which their numbers drop too low for the species to recover. September use to be an epic event here in Virginia where the sky was full of these migrating gems of nature... The recent The creation of herbicide-resistant corn and soybeans has allowed farmers could eradicate weeds and other understory plants, including milkweed (upon which monarchs depend on), that competed with their crops. Now I only see an occasional monarch rather than hundreds this time of year...
Bottom Line? This once noble and charismatic butterfly which makes one of the longest known insect migrations (over a 1000 miles) has been reduced to less than 10% of it's former number.... and that value is falling quickly... all because of the huge increase in the use of herbicides which destroy its habit. Yes please treasure your images of the endangered monarch... it is on the fast tract to extinction...
Again thank you so much for sharing Annie-Get-Your-Gun... I deeply appreciate those beautiful images.
Aug 29, 2019 09:58:30 #
Very nice, Annie. It's so nice when the butterfly fills the frame.
Aug 29, 2019 10:00:03 #
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Aug 29, 2019 12:44:12 #
Wow! Annie, these are great. Very nice variety. You do butterflies well.
Aug 29, 2019 14:03:21 #
Annie-Get-Your-Gun wrote:
There's a butterfly bush just outside a door to the Manor where I live. I lock the brakes on my walker and
sit, camera in hand, waiting for butterflies, bees, grasshoppers, hummers, humming bird moths. Sometimes I'm lucky but never lucky enough to capture a humming bird. I hope you enjoy these. I would appreciate getting comments and criticisms.
sit, camera in hand, waiting for butterflies, bees, grasshoppers, hummers, humming bird moths. Sometimes I'm lucky but never lucky enough to capture a humming bird. I hope you enjoy these. I would appreciate getting comments and criticisms.
Beautiful set.
Aug 29, 2019 14:37:01 #
Annie, these are wonderful shots. How great that you have found a perfect spot to catch some shots! Looks like you get a very nice assortment of visitors. 
Aug 29, 2019 15:27:58 #
Annie-Get-Your-Gun wrote:
There's a butterfly bush just outside a door to the Manor where I live. I lock the brakes on my walker and
sit, camera in hand, waiting for butterflies, bees, grasshoppers, hummers, humming bird moths. Sometimes I'm lucky but never lucky enough to capture a humming bird. I hope you enjoy these. I would appreciate getting comments and criticisms.
sit, camera in hand, waiting for butterflies, bees, grasshoppers, hummers, humming bird moths. Sometimes I'm lucky but never lucky enough to capture a humming bird. I hope you enjoy these. I would appreciate getting comments and criticisms.
A beautifully done set Annie! I like the close crops on these.
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