MLWestphal

And sometimes you have to catch em..........

Just liked the image......

There is, in fact a species of Carder on the east coast of the US (in fact I have some shots of one carrying his ball of fuzz) but, my photo is actually a honey bee.

Thanks, I love this kind of shot and yes, there's a significant amount of luck involved.....-- Enjoy playing with photography...landscape, astronomical, wildlife (especially insects and spiders).

BTW, just in case you're curious about bee behavior, when this shot was taken there were both a variety of bumble bees and honey bees visiting the same flowers. They occasionally interacted with ...

I love in flight! Got lucky today..........

Is there a best option for replacing Aperture and migrating all the photos therein, other than Lightroom? As a senior, I cannot justify Adobe's subscription.

No, in fact there is no autofocus that I know of capable of staying with the erratic movements of a butterfly. The way I generally accomplish that is by guessing a spot two likely locations and ...

In flight butterfly is my fav (actually, in flight any insect) but, I'm a sucker for butterflies in general.