A butterfly in focus against the dreamy backdrop of the gardens of Glensheen Mansion.
Click on any of the photos in the gallery to view them full size.
The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough. ~ Rabindranath Tagore
Ciao! ~ Kat
This post was in response to the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. ”Focus” was this week’s theme. Everyone is welcome to join in the Challenge; further details on how to participate and links to others’ responses are found here.
Travel. Garden. Eat. 
43 responses to “Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus”
Happy images! I used to love watching fritillaries in the garden – no more, but there are other tings to watch, always.
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Every setting has its own special residents to sit and observe (and capture a shot or two).
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What beautiful colourful shots, vibrant and delicate a great combination 🙂
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Nature helped set up the composition of those shots perfectly! Thanks, Seonaid.
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I wish I had 1/2 of your talent. Just viewed your zoo photographs as well and you have such a good eye in capturing a shot that makes you feel like you are looking through a glass wall. These photographs of the butterfly are incredible.
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Your comment made my day, tiny! My food photos cannot hold a candle to yours, though.
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Gorgeous colors in your shots! Keep up the great job, Kat!
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Thanks much, Karen — was such a perfect summer day when I was wandering the gardens, camera in hand!
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shot of the day
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Thank you!
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Such lovely photos for this challenge. The bright pink flower looks so cheerful with this beautiful butterflu on.
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Thanks for taking time to comment, janaline — it was such a perfect day to be out in the gardens.
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Beautiful! I love the colors!
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Some of my favorite sights of summer!
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Lovely focus and composition! Wish I was that good!
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You are too kind, Rider!
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Great shots, Kat. How lucky to find that butterfly atop that coneflower. Such wonderful colors!
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The butterfly was so diligent, carefully exploring every nook and cranny of that flower.
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Gorgeous!
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Thank you, nanna. And thanks for stopping by!
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Fabulous!
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Cee, thanks so much!
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Lovely … and not an easy image to capture!
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I think I got lucky with these 🙂
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Butterflies and coneflowers … what a happy sight!
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A favorite sight from a cottage garden.
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Beautiful shots that make a lovely collage. Nice work!
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Thanks, Bailey — I couldn’t choose just one!
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Perfect way to feature them all, right? 🙂
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Absolutely lovely shots! I wonder why the butterflies never pose for me..? Maybe I’m too noisy coming close! What’s your secret?
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Patience and a liberal use of the delete feature when taking all those digital shots!
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Thanks, I’ll try that 🙂
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Beautiful Kat!
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Thank you!
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Great shots…..not always easy to capture such crisp and clear images 🙂
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The shots I deleted far exceeded the ones I kept! Digital photography is great that way.
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Beautiful shots of a fritillary butterfly – maybe the Great Spangled or the Aphrodite Fritillary? I’m not confident about which, but both make it as far north as southern Canada. He/she was obviously quite pleased with that flower as a buffet table!
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I admit, I did not take the time to identify this one, but based on this side-by-side, thinking a Great Spangled http://www.naba.org/chapters/nabambc/frames-2species.asp?sp1=Speyeria-cybele&sp2=Speyeria-aphrodite? — it was in Duluth, Minnesota, so certainly could be either of them! Always so fascinating to watch as they carefully feed on nectar.
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