Red Admiral butterfly on Tree Trunk
Washington Valley Park
Somerset County NJ
August 2021
Taken with wide angle lens the goal of this capture was to isolate the perched butterfly set against the forested green background.
Peck’s Skipper on Joe Pye Weed
Lake Ames
Rockaway Twp, NJ
August 2021
More info on Peck’s Skipper – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polites_peckius
Tiger Swallowtail on Joe-pye Weed
Elizabeth D. Kay Environmental Center
August 2021
Learn more about Joe-pye Weed – https://www.thespruce.com/joe-pye-weed-eupatorium-purpureum-1402848
Visit the Kay Environmental Center – https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/parks/elizabeth-d-kay-environmental-center/
Common Wood Nymph butterfly
Elizabeth D Kay Environmental Center
Chester Twp NJ
August 2021
My experience with Common Wood Nymphs is that they are rarely approachable and flighty. This individual an exception as I was able to get quite close for photographs.
More info on the Common Wood Nymph – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_wood-nymph
Visit the Elizabeth D Kay Environmental Center – https://www.morrisparks.net/index.php/parks/elizabeth-d-kay-environmental-center/
Painted Turtles
Celery Farm Nature Preserve
Allendale New Jersey
August 2021
Visit The Celery Farm – https://www.fykenature.org/celeryfarm.php
American Lady on Butterfly Bush
Celery Farm Nature Preserve
Allendale, New Jersey
Preparation met opportunity when this American Lady butterfly allowed for wide angle imaging in front of a picturesque background.
Visit The Celery Farm – https://www.fykenature.org/celeryfarm.php
Canon 11-22mm EF-M + Canon M5
