Friday, October 02, 2009

A Sulphurous Friday

Chicken Mushroom, also called Sulphur Shelf Fungus, deep in the woods in Ballard Park


A Clouded Sulphur butterfly along Hazard Rd.

© 2009 by A. Roy Hilbinger
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9 comments:

  1. SueOctober 2, 2009 at 6:52 PM

    I've never seen a mushroom/fungus thing that color. I thought it was a fall leaf...it really is pretty in its own way. Nice post Roy!

    Sue

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  2. MeganOctober 3, 2009 at 1:19 AM

    Do you have any idea how good you are with a camera? I mean, DO YOU?

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  3. AnonymousOctober 3, 2009 at 2:11 AM

    I've never heard of a 'clouded sulfur butterfly' before now- it is so delicate- lovely.

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  4. BainoOctober 3, 2009 at 4:40 AM

    I'm going through withdrawal symptoms, it's a persistently wet weekend . .lovely to see some 'sulphur' can't complain, we need the rain and it's washing some of that colourful dust away! Have a good one Roy!

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  5. Alan BurnettOctober 3, 2009 at 5:13 AM

    Extraordinary colours. Beautiful photography.

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  6. RoyOctober 3, 2009 at 9:55 AM

    Thanks everybody!

    Megan - Thanks! Yeah, I'm finally paying heed to all the people who say the same thing. Hence my post last week about "the next step" - my online portfolio (link in sidebar), the Craig's List listing, and my calendars for sale (link in sidebar).

    Baino - Heh, heh! Here in the US both "sulfur" and "sulphur" are considered correct, and the "f" spelling was all my spell check recognized. I corrected that and changed everything to "ph" because that's what I grew up with. And it's pouring here, too, for the whole weekend. Oh well...

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  7. AnonymousOctober 3, 2009 at 12:45 PM

    Roy, so that's what that's called! Call me educated, heh...fantastic macros!

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  8. PatriceOctober 3, 2009 at 8:12 PM

    Last week as I drove home from Braselton, I noticed the sulphur butterflies were on the move. I counted well into the thirties as they fluttered by ones and twos across the highway. I've always loved these bits of lemon yellow - so common - and yet so lovely. My dad always referred to them as "cabbage butterflies" - but true cabbage butterflies are white. As both the yellow and white sulphur species love garden fare, he wasn't far off. Here's a link to more: http://greennature.com/article98.html

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  9. Dot-ComOctober 4, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    Wow, what amazing pictures! That butterfly one is just so completely clear, I just don't have a clue how you do it!

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