Swallowtail on Milkweed
by Janis Knight
Title
Swallowtail on Milkweed
Artist
Janis Knight
Medium
Photograph - Color Digital
Description
A tiger swallowtail butterfly happily feasts on a showy milkweed bloom in Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, Reno Nevada.
The Western Tiger Swallowtail (Papilio rutulus) is a common swallowtail butterfly of western North America. It is a large butterfly, up to four inches, and vey active.
This print is square and easily frames in stock photo frames.
Photographed in spring, 2014, with the Nikon D600 and 50-500 Sigma lens.
Thank you to the Macro group and Google Gallery for the features!
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June 20th, 2014
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Comments (13)
Sharon Mau
🍂 . . ★ . . :: beautiful tones Janis :: . . ★ . . ☆ ✿ ☆ ✿ . . ★ . . ✤ •*`*•.¸¸.•*`*•.¸¸✽ ❥
Bob Christopher
Hi Janis...I like your image. A lovely butterfly and you have a very sharp image of it. Very nicely done...Cheers Bob f/v
Patricia Keller
Absolutely gorgeous. One of your best. Love the colors of the subject set against the color of the background. Beautiful. l/f/g/t
Bruce Bley
What a lovely capture, Janis!! I love the composition, detail, wonderful lighting, and your color choice for the background. It makes the image "POP". Your gallery of works are exceptional and a pleasure to view. F/L
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