A smaller version of Arizona wildlife, was the many butterflies I saw flying everywhere. The most impressive was at Canoa Historic Ranch natural area, where some of the plants had attracted many butterflies. This shot was of a cluster of Queen Butterflies in a garden area near the lake. 9/1/21 www.sparhawkphotography.com
I went up into the mountains today--the San Jacinto Mountains--and stopped for birding at a few locations. One place was Idyllwild County Park & Nature Center. Outside the Nature Center, I spotted this unusual wildlife. I'll bet even Bill Boyd doesn't have one like this coming into his back yard! The artist was Lauretta Lowell. 5/28/21 www.sparhawkphotography.com
We have had some strange atmospheric conditions around here, with smoky skies and all. Three different days I had seen the setting sun as a large red dot--but was never in a place I could photograph it that way. I finally found a location not far from home with a view of the setting sun, but instead of the red circle, this is what I saw. Truthfully, to the naked eye, it did not look quite this orange, but this is how the sensor captured it. In fact I actually desaturated the color a bit! As the sun got closer to going down, it came to a thicker layer of smoke--the actual horizon is well below what it appears to be here, but the sun was obscured by the smoke as it went below this level. Welcome to my world! 10/8/20 My website: www.sparhawkphotography.com
