* The Weekly Image Thread 25 08 05 #987 *

19andrew47 · Aug 5, 2025

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19andrew47 · Aug 5, 2025

19andrew47 · Aug 5, 2025

If you post a pano that is on its own and not part of set of images feel free to post it as a reply to this post. I will not always have one ready so don't wait for me to post one before you!

Andrew

19andrew47 · Aug 5, 2025

The sky here is smoky from western fires. While there are still clouds in the air, the air is not clear. Not nice to be outdoors and no landscapes with nice skies would be available.

So, I have flowers and some insects. I will post the latest ones first and perhaps flowers later in the thread.

Paul posted some nice images at the end of the previous thread and Rich tried to stir up some action with an octopus.

Andrew

not a great result unfortunately. The other flowers have been destroyed by Japanese beetles. We bought a beetle trap but have not seen results yet!

I have a few hundred shots of this butterfly or its relatives!

maranatha · Aug 5, 2025

I like the butterfly's Andrew I don’t seem to get many in my garden a rare visitor now and again that’s about it then I don’t have Beautiful flowers u have

Paul

19andrew47 said:
The sky here is smoky from western fires. While there are still clouds in the air, the air is not clear. Not nice to be outdoors and no landscapes with nice skies would be available.

So, I have flowers and some insects. I will post the latest ones first and perhaps flowers later in the thread.

Paul posted some nice images at the end of the previous thread and Rich tried to stir up some action with an octopus.

Andrew

not a great result unfortunately. The other flowers have been destroyed by Japanese beetles. We bought a beetle trap but have not seen results yet!

I have a few hundred shots of this butterfly or its relatives!

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Paul Hegarty N Ireland

maranatha · Aug 5, 2025

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A question is only easy when you know the answer
Paul Hegarty N Ireland

19andrew47 · Aug 5, 2025

Thanks Paul.

Apparently pollinators do not like lilies. I read that recently. I do not know if that is true but upon reflection I do not recall seeing them on the lilies. They do love cone flowers though and we have those!

Andrew

19andrew47 · Aug 5, 2025

Both good results Paul. The coast line is quite rugged! Someone has a fine home on the hillside in the first.

Andrew

odd-todd · Aug 5, 2025

I spotted this butterfly emerging from it's chrysalis on my morning walk today. Anyone know the type?

Olympus E-620, Olympus Zuiko 50-200mm f2.8-3.5, pop-up flash

meow · Aug 5, 2025

Very nice!

19andrew47 · Aug 5, 2025

A very nice result Todd. Wikipedia says White Admiral. There are variations that have different colourations.

Andrew

Rich Z · Aug 5, 2025

A lucky find and nicely photographed. Rich

Rich Z · Aug 6, 2025

The pictures of the butterfly are delightful, Andrew. I can't believe it hung around posing for you for 6 minutes! They see me and flit away. You even had the right lens with you.

I hate to think of you breathing smoke. I guess this is the way it is going to be in North America from now on and that is a chilling realization. I remember thinking back in January when Los Angeles had those awful fires: What the Hell is going on? It's the middle of Winter. Rich

Rich Z · Aug 6, 2025

I like the first one best, Paul. That is an imposing stretch of coast. Rich

Rich Z · Aug 6, 2025

Dahlia Garden. I shot this one for the sky. Rich

3 in vertical, stitched with ICE. Z8, Nikkor Z 24-120, 24mm, 1/125, f/14, ISO 64.

maranatha · Aug 6, 2025

Nice sky Rich but that sure is one big garden .

Rich Z said:
Dahlia Garden. I shot this one for the sky. Rich

3 in vertical, stitched with ICE. Z8, Nikkor Z 24-120, 24mm, 1/125, f/14, ISO 64.

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A question is only easy when you know the answer
Paul Hegarty N Ireland

maranatha · Aug 6, 2025

Thanks and as for the coast it just keeps going for miles

Rich Z said:
I like the first one best, Paul. That is an imposing stretch of coast. Rich

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A question is only easy when you know the answer
Paul Hegarty N Ireland

maranatha · Aug 6, 2025

lovely photo

odd-todd said:
I spotted this butterfly emerging from it's chrysalis on my morning walk today. Anyone know the type?

Olympus E-620, Olympus Zuiko 50-200mm f2.8-3.5, pop-up flash

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A question is only easy when you know the answer
Paul Hegarty N Ireland

19andrew47 · Aug 6, 2025

A lot of nice flowers in there no doubt Rich. Is that a fair drive from home? Nice clear sky! We have sun here but the sky here is still hazy from smoke. That does not mean it is really smoky, just haze and the air is not pleasant to breath. I did some outdoor work yesterday, used hedge clippers and mowed, and was stuffed up pretty solid for the rest of the day. It does not take much to do that now since one of the medications I have does it by itself, just not that bad.

The wild fires here in Canada have gotten consistently worse the past five years or so. This year we have had less rainfall than normal across the country and that is not helping. We have clay soil on the property which retains water better than the 'tobacco sand' that covers a lot of the county. Our lawns have stayed fairly green but are beginning to brown out. The ground is rock like! I would go out and do some weeding but you can not get them out of the ground in these conditions without them breaking off and leaving the roots. I can weed for a while (tall weeds!) when the soil is moist and it improves the look of the gardens. The low growing stuff really doesn't show so for the most part I just leave it.

We need rain! The spring was pretty wet though so that was good!

Andrew

19andrew47 · Aug 6, 2025

Thanks Rich.

I have a few hundred taken after the last one Rich. There are a significant number of yellow swallow tails here currently. I have seen one blue one at a distance, one monarch and many cabbage whites plus one admiral. I think the butterflies are suffering the same fate as the honey bees. We still have quite a few bumble bees. Even the wasp numbers seem down.

The corn is tall and the soybeans in the field across the road are as well. No irrigation for either of those crops so they have done well despite the lack of rain. Just enough I guess for them with some night time showers, heavy but brief.

Andrew

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