Today’s post was captured in my rural Missouri butterfly garden a few days ago. The flower is a coneflower, one of 3 plants I received last July in a beautifully arranged planter at my wife’s Celebration of Life service. Last year this plant had a few flowers on it, but this year it has really blossomed into one of the highlight plants in the garden. It regularly attracts butterflies, especially Fritillaries. Here are a few of my favorite images from a recent Fritillary visitor:
In the last image, did you notice the small, green bee coming in to check out the coneflower? Stay tuned … I’m sure I’ll have many more butterfly images from this colorful plant!
Photographic Equipment Used:
- Canon 5D Mark III body
- Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
- Handheld, with IS “On”
- ISO 250
- All images shot at 400mm
- Aperture f/5.6
- Shutter 1/1250 sec.