Delicacy

True strength is delicate.

–Louise Berliawsky Nvelson

 

When I purchased the amazing zoom lens that was used to take this picture I had images of whales and other large mammals in mind, not insects. But just last week, while lazing on the porch glider that sits beneath my magnificent apricot tree I spied what must have been the last butterfly of the season. From one of the highest branches it seemed to be spying on… me!

Photo Credits: Delicacy by Susan J. Preston, Santa Fe, NM © 2018, all rights reserved
Technical: Fuji X-T2 | 400mm (XF 100-400mm) |1/600 sec at f5.6| ISO 800
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