Recent images of hummingbirds, butterflies and moths in my yard in southwest Ohio.
Camera: Pentax K-5 IIs
Lens: Pentax DA*300
An immature male Ruby-throated Hummingbird encountering a carpenter bee while visiting the blooms of monarda 'Jacob Cline'
1/2000s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso1600
Bird's eye view...
1/2500s f/5.0 at 300.0mm iso640
A young Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding on the blooms of silene regia 'Royal Catchfly', one of my favorite native perennials.
1/1600s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso2500
1/1600s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso2500
The blooms are monarda 'Raspberry Wine'
1/2500s f/5.0 at 300.0mm iso800
Adult male Ruby-throated Hummingbird and monarda 'Jacob Cline'
1/1600s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso250
Snowberry Clearwing Moth on lantana
1/2500s f/6.3 at 300.0mm iso500
Hummingbird Clearwing Moth and monarda 'Raspberry Wine'
1/2000s f/5.0 at 300.0mm iso500
Tiger Swallowtail (male) and a bumblebee... the blooms are senecio confusus 'Mexican Flame Vine'
1/1250s f/6.3 at 300.0mm iso640
Male monarch and a milkweed bug on asclepias tuberosa 'Butterfly Weed'
1/1600s f/4.5 at 300.0mm iso1250
Male monarch on senecio confusus 'Mexican Flame Vine'
1/1600s f/4.0 at 300.0mm iso500
Thanks for looking!
Bud