Take the time to smell a rose.
Playing with the OM 90mm macro and the GH3. Wow. I'm coming to love this combo. Unlike my E-30, the screen on the GH3 brightens so I can focus with the lens closed down, something I couldn't do with the E-30. Nice. I think this is f8 This is some flox, btw. I couldn't resist the raindrops.
Black Swallowtail butterfly on "Horrible Thislte (that really is the name!)", Shark Valley, The Everglades National Park, Florida March 2013. I was riding a bicylce into a steady, 10-15mph headwind when I saw this butterfly. There had not been many that day. It was terrible, glaring mid day light and with the wind, even harder to get a good shot. And, it was a raggedy, less than perfect butterfly. But, I fought for it! We have these butterflies and this thistle in Maine. Here we call it Bull Thistle.
Grouping of purple-flowering arctium lappa plants in Herat, Afghanistan
Take the time to smell a rose.
Take the time to smell a rose.
Take the time to smell a rose.
See photo in original gallery.