Georgia Botanical Gardens-Sept 21, 2012

Brown Swallowtail Butterfly | RedGage

I took this photo at the Georgia Botanical Gardens.  It is one of my favorite photos.  I stopped at this bench and was looking at all of the autumn colored flowers and spotted this butterfly.  I had my short lens on so I quickly changed to my 300ml lens and took several pictures of this beauty.  This brown swallowtail butterfly sure made heart happy the day I took its picture.

Delicate Landing

I took several photos of this little beauty.  It is a Gulf Fritillary Butterfly on beautiful orange colored flowers.  I took the picture at the Georgia Botanical Gardens. 

Hanging in There

I truly believe this is one of my luckiest shots.  Catching this bee on the tip of this flower was priceless to me.  I took this picture using a 300ml lens.

Nature Photography

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Photography of things in Nature

I have always loved taking pictures of Natures Beauty. It was not until a couple of years ago I started taking photography a little more seriously and wanted to do more with it. I honestly have a deep love for all of the beauty I see in nature while hiking or just walking in the woods. I have been known to just sit for hours taking in all of the energy that I feel when I am outside. I have also been told more than once, when I am in nature, my energy just merges into the scenery. I found that to be a great compliment and it was something I really understood. When I am taking pictures of natural things, I try to focus on the unusual, the unique and/or things people would just walk by or who would just give a fast glance at. Tree stumps is one of my favorite things to photography. So this lens dedicate to some of my photography, in hopes that you will be able to see a little of the magic I see in nature and all of the beauty that it holds. Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Butterfly Love

L.O.V.E.

How many times have you spoke the word Love and stared into someone's eyes and see this "Ah" look? How many times have you seen something and your stomach fills with this fluttering feeling like a hundred butterflies are flying around in there? This morning while I was outside watering some newly planted flowers and tomato plants, I got that feeling in the pit of my stomach that made me feel overwhelmed with this feeling of love. I have spoken a lot on many of my pages about how I feel about Nature and how it makes me feel and how it inspires me. I feel so blessed to be able to be open enough to accept and appreciate all of the be

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Butterflies and Flowers

The Butterfly

There are several things in nature that just makes my heart fill with joy! The Mountains, Flowers, Dragonflies, Hummingbirds and Butterflies! I love purple flowers, purple leaves on plants and the deep red tones on Autumn Leaves. Okay, so I am sounding sapping, sorry but this is all true! When I am in the nature taking pictures, when I find special "Insects" captured in my photography I am like a kid in a candy store! I hate spiders!! Sorry I know that have good spiritual medicine but YUKE!! However, let me capture one in a photo (like the picture I am going to post) and it is like WOW how awesome is that! Me and The Butterfly is a different story. When I was a child, I wanted to turn into a butterfly. I can sit and watch one for as long as it stays in front me. I find butterflies very magical. They move with this unique grace, their wings are beyond beautiful, but their essence is a like a gift from the Divine. The one thing I really like about me (you will not hear me say that often) is the fact I am able to be so thankful for the smallest things in life. I have always been that way and hopefully will always remain that way. So I would very much like to share some of the beauty I have been blessed to see and luckily enough to be able to take some pictures of. Image is (c) WhiteOak-2010 Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Butterfly and Hummingbird Feeders

Sugar Water and the Swallowtail Butterfly

By now most people know how I feel about flowers, dragonflies and butterflies. Each is my favorite thing to photograph. This morning while my husband had our little Yorkie outside doing his business, he noticed an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly flying around the yard. He came in and said, "Do you have your camera ready?" I said, "I always have my camera ready why?" When I went outside the Swallowtail Butterfly was nowhere to be seen. However, I love flowers in the morning when they are all fresh and revived from the blistering heat from the day before, so I ended up shooting some pretty good photos of flowers I am growing. Right, when I was getting ready to go inside, guess who showed up? Yep, the teasing Swallowtail Butterfly! Trying to capture that little guy was a trip! My husband came out and seen me I suppose, but he stepped back inside the house and came back out with this tiny bowl of sugar water. The butterfly would fly around and finally stopped long enough to check it out from a distance. This was the photo I was able to capture. That ordeal is what lead me to write this page. I never knew they had "Butterfly Feeders available. Oh, by the way by the end of the evening my husband had ordered me a butterfly feeder from eBay and I cannot wait to get it! Read more at www.squidoo.com

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Butterflies and Dragonflies Totems

Our Totems can also be insects

Once one class I attended one of the students said in her shamanic journey the only thing that kept showing up was the ant. An ANT! Can you believe that! Why in the world would that be showing, what am I doing wrong? she asked. The teacher looked at her and said, "That is a wonderful totem to have. Ants teach us many things, they symbolize working and how to work together in teams. When ants are building a community they do it in groups or as a team." The student sat there for a moment looking a little baffled but finally understand what she was being told. Actually, all insects including Butterflies and Dragonflies have a lot of fantastic "Spiritual Medicine" to teach us. I am going to share my understanding of what it means to have a Butterfly or a Dragonfly and/or both as Spiritual Helpers.

Once one class I attended one of the students said in her shamanic journey the only thing that kept showing up was the ant. An ANT! Can you believe that! Why in the world would that be showing, what am I doing wrong? she asked. The teacher looked at her and said, "That is a wonderful totem to have. Ants teach us many things, they symbolize working and how to work together in teams. When ants are building a community they do it in groups or as a team." The student sat there for a moment looking a little baffled but finally understand what she was being told. Actually, all insects including Butterflies and Dragonflies have a lot of fantastic "Spiritual Medicine" to teach us. I am going to share my understanding of what it means to have a Butterfly or a Dragonfly and/or both as Spiritual Helpers. Image (c)Copyright 2010-2011 WhiteOak Read more at www.squidoo.com

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