Fantastic hike yesterday. More later, perhaps, but now I want to write about a couple of other things. In the meantime, here are some lovely butterflies that obligingly posed for the blog on some (type of sage?) flowers:
They’re (I believe) Chalcedon Checkerspots. Excellent name*.
-cvj
(*They are sometimes called Snowberry Checkerspots. Also an excellent name.)
On this day on Asymptotia...
- The Meddler, II - 2007
- Griffith Observatory: Entertainment, Education, or Both? - 2007
- Weekend Hunter-Gatherer - 2007
- The Meddler, I - 2007
Hiking?
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Hooray!
Lovely picture, how did you take it? (what camera, lens etc., just curious…)
Very still hands, waiting for the wind to die down and the butterflies to get settled. I just used the only digital I have, which is not an SLR, but just a small (and my now, horribly out of date) pocket one: The “Digital Elph”, by Canon. The Powershot S230. It has a macro lens setting for closer shots.
I do mean to get a digital SLR one day (there’s a huge amount that I can’t do easily with this), but there’s quite a bit that can be done with the simpler cameras.
Thanks!
-cvj
That’s really incredible without an SLR, cameras have come a long way (not taking anything from the still hands etc.).
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-cvj