Swallowtail Soaring Above Patio Roof - Against The Blue Sky

            This gorgeous Swallowtail Butterfly was moving around my backyard quite rapidly. It would stop on a citrus leaf from time to time very brieflyI I was planting some zinnias I bought yesterday at Harlow Gardens in Tucson, Arizona. When I noticed the butterfly, I had only my iPhone in my pocket, so pulled it out and I tried to capture it. 

I cannot see anything at all on the iPhone screen in sunlight. So I just kept trying to point in the general direction of this delightful creature. Most photos show horizontal blurring as I moved the camera quickly in an attempt to keep pointing toward the butterfly. From time to time it would go above the patio roofline.  
Most of the time, the camera had no time to focus. I took about 300 photos of which, about 30 shots caught the butterfly. Most were worthless.
 
Here are nine shots that may just begin to show you this amazing creature that won't sit still for very long...;))

 :: IMG_7441 - Version 2

Some rights reserved

Taken on: May 3, 2017

Sets appears in: • Swallowtail Butterfly Flitting And Fluttering

Camera: Apple iPhone 7 Plus, f/2.8, 1/287 sec, 6.6mm, ISO 20 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Apple iPhone 7 Plus
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.003 sec (1/287)
Focal Length:	6.6mm
ISO:	20
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	iPhoto 9.6.1
Show full info

Stats: 248 views

go back

close tools panel

Badge creator

Use Flickriver Badge Creator to create a badge linking to your photos, your group or any other Flickriver view.

You can place your badge on your Flickr profile, Blog or Website.

Add to your iGoogle or Netvibes page

Flickriver widget for iGoogle or Netvibes can display almost any Flickriver view - most interesting today, by user, by group, by tag etc. Once added to your personalized homepage, just edit widget settings to select your desired view.

Clickr on one of the buttons below to install:

Embed on your Web site

To embed this view, Copy and Paste the following HTML code:

Black background (preview):

White background (preview):

Firefox and Chrome addons

Adds a 'Flickriver' button to your browser. While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on this button to open the same view on Flickriver.

Install in Firefox
Install in Chrome

Search plugin

Add 'Search on Flickriver' to your browser's search box. Works with Firefox and Internet Explorer. Install search plugin

"View on Flickriver" Greasemonkey script

A Greasemonkey script that adds Flickriver links to various Flickr photo pages - user photos, favorites, pools etc, allowing to quickly open the corresponding Flickriver view.

Also, allows quickly viewing any Flickr photo on black background in large size.

Install "View on Flickriver" script

Bookmarklet

While viewing any Flickr photos page, click on the bookmarklet to open the same view on Flickriver.

To install: drag and drop the following link to your Bookmarks toolbar.
IE users - add the link to your Favorites under the Links folder