Butterfly at Neary Lagoon

Saw this pretty butterfly at Neary Lagoon. He was nice enough to hold still awhile while I tried to take a photo with the boardwalk/bridge ptiching underneath me while people kept walking by.

Bee in lavender

Well all right then, I actually got another shot of a bee flying in his universe of lavender. For the technical amongst you all-- both of these were shot at 1/4000th of a second shutter speed, still not good enough to completely stop the wing motion of the bees. I'm happy with the amount and the quality of the blur that I got.

It was much more difficult to get these closeup shots of a bee in flight. They seem to really like the lavender in the front yard. Click on it for a larger view, or buy it here or here.

Crane Fly, up close

Click the photo for a very close view of this macro shot.

When I was a kid we called these mosquito eaters. In Scotland they call them "daddy long legs" which is what we call those long legged spiders here in the states-- you know, the ones which are quite gentle about anything except preying on flies and such.