Posted in abstract, Art, Autumn, Nature, Photography, tagged Alexandria VA, autumn leaves, Canon 50D, Huntley Meadows Park, reflection, Tamron 150-600mm on November 1, 2021| 2 Comments »
Autumn leaves floating on the dark waters of a marsh—a static moment in a season of change, a time for reflection.
Sometimes I am content to capture a feeling in my photos rather than focusing on a well-defined subject.
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Posted in Autumn, Butterflies, Insects, Nature, Photography, wildlife, tagged Canon 50D, Common Buckeye, Danaus plexippus, Euptoieta claudia, Junonia coenia, Monarch, Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge, Tamron 180mm, Variegated Fritillary, Woodbridge VA on November 1, 2021| 5 Comments »
I am shocked and delighted by the number of butterflies that I continue to see at the end of October, despite the cooling temperatures and decreasing number of hours of daylight. Last Thursday, 28 October, I spotted a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) and multiple Variegated Fritillaries (Euptoieta claudia) and Common Buckeyes (Junonia coenia).
The dominant browns and oranges in the color palette of these butterflies seems to be a perfect reflection of the autumn season, when the colors in nature seem more muted than they were during the spring and the summer. For me, though, there is an inner warmth and comfort in these colors, like the feel of a well-worn flannel shirt or the taste of an autumn soup.
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