birds & beasts "Mmmm ... purple!"

This one is a monarch, right? You want me to quote again?LOL!

 

Visually this image is more pleasing than the other, probably because of the colors and more OOF background. _I_ really like it, and it's reminiscent of Japanese poetry...

Lee, thanks for stopping by (and being so informative about the swallowtail). This is also my favorite of the three flutterby shots I'm putting up. Yes, serendipitous background, I agree. The comparison with Japanese poetry is flattering, thanks!

Don, are you telling us that summer is here?... aaah... :) I wish it was true.

 

I am genuinely lacking the sun in Brussels. This morning I figured I could call Brussels (most of the time at least) "the city without day-shadow"...

 

Don. Nice shot.

Growing up, I used to see these a lot, so they're still my favorite butterfly.

Don,that's some funky bokeh in the ULH corner! A beautiful shot.

Vi, summer? Alas, no. I see you're quite a bit further north than I am (I'm just a bit north of 45°), so I'm sorry to have to tell you that summer will arrive as scheduled. Thanks.

Chris, thanks much. Bokeh? No. Funky? ("Make my funk the P-funk ...") Yeah ... back behind the plants was a nylon mesh sunshade responsible for the cross-hatching seen here.

A Parliament fan, too?! Thanks for the info, I suspected as much...though I have an old Kiron lens that produces some funky (get down!) bokeh.

Don, this shot's well shot, shot'o. While looking at it i began to get very curious about the background grid pattern, then i saw your explanation. So i stopped.

Nice diagonals and colours and stuff.