Theona Checkerspot, Doris Longwing, Emerald Swallowtail, & Green Jay Butterflies

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This is a continuation of my effort to identify the subjects found in a neglected Lightroom folder labelled Butterflies, and to share the “keepers” here.

Theona Checkerspot Butterfly
NABA International Butterfly Park, Rio Grande area, TX - November 2009
Nikon D300 with Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro lens
1/320 sec at f/10, ISO 200

Doris Longwing Butterfly
Butterfly Pavilion, Westminister CO - August 2015
Nikon D610 with Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro lens
1/50 sec at f/16, ISO 640

Emerald Swallowtail Butterfly
Butterfly Pavilion, Westminister CO - August 2015
Nikon D610 with Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro lens
1/30 sec at f/11, ISO 1000

Green Jay Butterfly
Butterfly Pavilion, Westminister CO - August 2015
Nikon D610 with Sigma 180mm f/3.5 macro lens
1/230 sec at f/14, ISO 640

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David Sparks

I retired in 2005 after 40 years of research and teaching at the University of Alabama in Birmingham (24 years), the University of Pennsylvania (8 years) and the Baylor College of Medicine (8 years). Photography is my retirement hobby.

Nature photography, especially bird photography, combines a number of things that I really enjoy: bird-watching, being outdoors, photography, travel, messing about with computers, and learning new skills and concepts.  I now spend much of my time engaged in these activities.

David Sibley in the preface to The Sibley Guide to Birds wrote "Birds are beautiful, in spectacular as well as subtle ways; their colors, shapes, actions, and sounds are among the most aesthetically pleasing in nature."  My goal is to acquire images that capture the beauty and uniqueness of selected species as well as images that highlight the engaging behaviors the birds exhibit.