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Red Admiral

Mt Moosilauke, August 2007

A dayhike - looping over the southern trails. Too hot and hazy for much landscape photography, but it was a good day for butterflies and flowers.
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you should see an image here A fritillary, possible a Great Spangled Fritillary, on the lawn at the Lodge.
you should see an image here Same fritillary with wings open.
you should see an image here It wasn't too shy, so I got lots of photos.
you should see an image here Hope you like butterfly photos.
you should see an image here penultimate fritillary photo.
you should see an image here Last close-up of the fritillary.
you should see an image here Wood sorrel in the shade under a fir.
you should see an image here Lichen, moss, and sorrel.
you should see an image here Another shot of the sorrel.
you should see an image here Trail and krummholz at treeline.
you should see an image here A Red Admiral on a krummholz stump.
you should see an image here Same red admiral, wings unfolded.
you should see an image here Playing with the ISO setting - richer color, but dark, and I lost depth of field.
you should see an image here View to South Peak from near the summit.
you should see an image here Cinquefoil in the summit meadow.
you should see an image here Stitchwort on the summit.
you should see an image here Very tall cairn - probably built from the walls of the old hotel.
you should see an image here Cairns and trail.
you should see an image here Summit sign, trail, and hikers.
you should see an image here Trail to South Peak.
you should see an image here Looking back to the summit from the ridge leading to South Peak.
you should see an image here A darner (dragonfly) along the trail.
you should see an image here White-throated sparrow. (I used 2 stops exposure compensation to compensate for bright sky.)
you should see an image here Another white-throated sparrow, with lunch.
you should see an image here Wood sorrel with old Indian Pipe.
you should see an image here Close-up on wood sorrel.
you should see an image here Moosilauke seen from South Peak.
you should see an image here Fir waves on the western slope of Moosilauke, seen from South Peak.
you should see an image here Lingonberry on top of South Peak.
you should see an image here A Milbert's Tortoiseshell on goldenrod along the Carriage Road.
you should see an image here Some kind of bee or fly on goldenrod.
you should see an image here Another Milbert's Tortoiseshell.
you should see an image here Milbert's Tortoiseshell showing markings on upper side of wings.
you should see an image here Getting closer to the tortoiseshell.
you should see an image here Ah, there's the bright color again!
you should see an image here Too close for good depth of field now...
you should see an image here I did warn you about a lot of butterfly shots, didn't I?
you should see an image here Penultimate tortoiseshell shot.
you should see an image here Parting shot.
you should see an image here Some mountain-ash berries.
you should see an image here A grasshopper.
you should see an image here Orange hawkweed. I'm playing with the ISO setting again...
you should see an image here Brighter but less dramatic.
you should see an image here More mountain-ash berries.
you should see an image here This plant is called "Turtlehead."
you should see an image here And this one is Pearly Everlast.
you should see an image here Turtlehead (Chelone Glabra) again.
you should see an image here A different bee species on goldenrod.
you should see an image here Uh-oh, I lied: yet another tortoiseshell photo.
you should see an image here OK, this is the very last one.
you should see an image here But we're not done with butterflies yet: this is a monarch.
you should see an image here Getting closer to the monarch butterfly.
you should see an image here Last butterfly shot.
you should see an image here Bluebead Lily (clintonia borealis).
you should see an image here Same plant, using flash.
you should see an image here playing with ISO settings to find the perfect exposure...
you should see an image here That's better...
you should see an image here I like this one best.
you should see an image here A shelf-bracket fungus. I used some flash, which makes the green moss in the cracks very visible.
you should see an image here More bluebeads a little further down the trail. Just can't resist that color.
you should see an image here Playing with orientation.
you should see an image here How about a wider view?
you should see an image here Some tiny shoots of Indian Pipe.
you should see an image here Same plant, different framing.
you should see an image here Bunchberry (cornus canadensis), aka Canadian Dogwood.
you should see an image here Playing with the ISO again to try to capture that rich red color..
you should see an image here Hope you like bunchberry photos as much as you like butterfly photos.
you should see an image here Bunchberry, take 4.
you should see an image here More bunchberry.
you should see an image here Finding just the right exposure...
you should see an image here And of course the right composition...
you should see an image here Or maybe a better subject...
you should see an image here But watch that depth of field!
you should see an image here Another stand of Indian Pipe.
you should see an image here A couple of mushrooms, possibly Amanitas.