Category: Wildlife

Cheryl and I went looking for unique birds and butterflies this day. I captured the brown monarch, spicebush swallowtail, butterfly using a Nikon D7100 with a Nikon 80-400 lens at 290mm (35mm equiv.=435mm). 1/3200th, f6.3, ISO 1800, Manual Mode. I also photographed the yellow, eastern tiger swallowtail, butterfly using a […]

Beautiful farm scene in Harwinton as the goats get some rest under the shade of a gorgeous old tree. Photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42 MP, full framed, mirrorless camera and a Sony 24-105mm F4 lens @ 24mm. ISO 400, 1/160th, f16, Aperture Priority

I was fortunate that I was able to photograph this young fawn in the woods, as he made eye contact with me, for the few seconds he stood still before running off. Photographed with a Sony A7RII, 42.3 MP, full framed DSLR and a SONY 200-600 mm, 5.6-6.3 G OS […]

Caught this moth taking a rest on a beautiful pink flower. Photogaphed with a Nikon D7100, 24.3 MP DSLR and a Nikon 40 mm MACRO lens. ISO 100, F11, 1/125th. MANUAL MODE

I happend to catch this ant wandering around a flower. Ants actually do seek nectar from flowers but because they have very little hair so there is no place for pollen to stick on them so they are rather poor pollenators. Photographed with: Nikon D7100, Nikon 40 mm MACRO lens, […]

Interesting facts about the praying Mantis: There are about 2000 species of Praying Mantis but only 18 species live in North America.  The remainder live in tropical climates. In 1977 the State of Connecticut named the European Praying Mantis the state insect.  It is not native to North America but […]

This butterfly was busy jumping from flower to flower. I believe in belongs to the Swallowtail family of which there are over 550 species but I’m no butterfly expert. Fun Facts:  Butterflies taste with their feet allowing them to quickly identify food sources.  They only consume liquids which are typically […]

This bumble bee was very busy today making his way from flower to flower. I felt he created a striking image as he contrasted with the purples and greens. Photographed with a Nikon D7100 APS-C, 24.1 MP camera and a Nikon 105 mm, f/2.8 MACRO lens. 1/1000th, f9, ISO 1600