Secrets revealed
p.1 #1Secrets revealed
There's a tiny, seemingly unremarkable insect floating around the backyard. It appears to be a white moth, no bigger than the heads of clover it's dancing upon. So small you may not even notice. Or you may notice, but a little white moth holds no interest. Or you may be curious so you grab your camera for a closer look. Oh my ! Another to add to my list 
Spring Azure Butterfly
OM-1 MK ll Olympus 100-400
Thanks for taking a look !
Gary
Edited on Jul 26, 2026 at 08:02 AM · View previous versions
Spring Azure Butterfly
OM-1 MK ll Olympus 100-400
Thanks for taking a look !
Gary
Edited on Jul 26, 2026 at 08:02 AM · View previous versions
Jul 25, 2026 at 01:58 PM
p.1 #3Secrets revealed
Beautiful little butterfly Gary !! We have them here and they are not easy to photograph aside from being very small , they never stay still and move SO quickly. Great set.
Birdie
Birdie
Jul 25, 2026 at 08:24 PM
p.1 #4Secrets revealed
Both are very well done Gary. How do you feel about darkening that bright blade of grass intruding from the bottom of the first image? While the second is a very clean image the first has a nicer angle and shows the environment adding interest to this very well composed image.
Morris
Morris
Jul 26, 2026 at 06:17 AM
p.1 #5Secrets revealed
quigsby wrote:
Nice ones Gary
Thank you
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birdied wrote:
Beautiful little butterfly Gary !! We have them here and they are not easy to photograph aside from being very small , they never stay still and move SO quickly. Great set.
Birdie
They definitely don't sit still for very long Thanks Birdie
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morris wrote:
Both are very well done Gary. How do you feel about darkening that bright blade of grass intruding from the bottom of the first image? While the second is a very clean image the first has a nicer angle and shows the environment adding interest to this very well composed image.
Morris
Yup. I considered that while editing. My thought was to remove it but I got lazy I'll give it a try
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Nice ones Gary
Thank you
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birdied wrote:
Beautiful little butterfly Gary !! We have them here and they are not easy to photograph aside from being very small , they never stay still and move SO quickly. Great set.
Birdie
They definitely don't sit still for very long
Thanks Birdie---------------------------------------------
morris wrote:
Both are very well done Gary. How do you feel about darkening that bright blade of grass intruding from the bottom of the first image? While the second is a very clean image the first has a nicer angle and shows the environment adding interest to this very well composed image.
Morris
Yup. I considered that while editing. My thought was to remove it but I got lazy
I'll give it a try ***edited***
Jul 26, 2026 at 07:56 AM
p.1 #6Secrets revealed
These are great Gary. Fantastic detail. No idea how beautiful they are until I saw your images. Pretty cool looking antennas they have.
Greg
Greg
Jul 26, 2026 at 08:13 AM
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p.1 #10Secrets revealed
Such a sharp looking little guy with his bright white and contrasting blues and black, well caught Gary!
But how do they do it? I wear a white shirt to lunch and I'm doomed to have a spot on it somewhere, somehow... yet they go their whole life in a pure white uniform and they look pristine, heh.
Eric
But how do they do it? I wear a white shirt to lunch and I'm doomed to have a spot on it somewhere, somehow... yet they go their whole life in a pure white uniform and they look pristine, heh.
Eric
Jul 27, 2026 at 11:23 AM
p.1 #11Secrets revealed
G.E. Smith wrote:
These are great Gary. Fantastic detail. No idea how beautiful they are until I saw your images. Pretty cool looking antennas they have.
Greg
Thanks Greg. Always a nice surprise when you look through the viewfinder and find the unexpected
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viper699 wrote:
Pretty, and blue is such a rare color in nature.
Thank you. I wish I could have gotten the top of the wings. It looks like they might be more colorful.
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psharvic wrote:
Nice catch of a beautiful small butterfly.
Thanks
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Ronny Olsson wrote:
Lovely !
Ronny
Thanks you Ronny
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Erictator wrote:
Such a sharp looking little guy with his bright white and contrasting blues and black, well caught Gary!
But how do they do it? I wear a white shirt to lunch and I'm doomed to have a spot on it somewhere, somehow... yet they go their whole life in a pure white uniform and they look pristine, heh.
Eric
HaHa. Thanks Eric
These are great Gary. Fantastic detail. No idea how beautiful they are until I saw your images. Pretty cool looking antennas they have.
Greg
Thanks Greg. Always a nice surprise when you look through the viewfinder and find the unexpected
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viper699 wrote:
Pretty, and blue is such a rare color in nature.
Thank you. I wish I could have gotten the top of the wings. It looks like they might be more colorful.
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psharvic wrote:
Nice catch of a beautiful small butterfly.
Thanks
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Ronny Olsson wrote:
Lovely !
Ronny
Thanks you Ronny
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Erictator wrote:
Such a sharp looking little guy with his bright white and contrasting blues and black, well caught Gary!
But how do they do it? I wear a white shirt to lunch and I'm doomed to have a spot on it somewhere, somehow... yet they go their whole life in a pure white uniform and they look pristine, heh.
Eric
HaHa. Thanks Eric
Jul 28, 2026 at 08:40 AM