Wrong Lens

Bird photography rule #17: be opportunistic. Even with the ‘wrong lens’ (600mm prime = too slow, absurdly long min focus distance, etc.), still possible this past Sunday along the Gull Point Trail for some nice flower/insect close-up shots, featuring Yellow Toadflax (Linaria vulgaris).

“Lucky shot, sir.”

Above: Probably Eastern Bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) on Yellow Toadflax, + unknown species of bee in the family Colletidae on left. Below: Yellow Toadflax along Gull Point Trail.

Silver-spotted Skipper (Epargyreus clarus)
Desert False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa) in bloom
Cabbage White butterfly (Pieris rapae) or similar, on Creeping Thistle

Different date/nearby location, wrapping it up with a different wrong lens, this time an old iPhone, with Viceroy Butterfly (Limenitis archippus) on Purple Crown Vetch (Securigera varia):


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