Hi-O Silver | Show Me Nature Photography

Today’s post features some images I captured last week in the church butterfly garden that I maintain at our Ozarks church, the Silver-spotted Skipper.

This skipper butterfly is a common visitor to the flower gardens, and I always enjoy photographing them as they collect nectar, usually from the zinnia flowers in the garden.

Here are some images I collected last week:

Still waiting for more Monarchs to show up … should be seeing the southward migration soon!

Photographic Equipment Used:

• Canon 7D Mark2 camera body
• Canon 100-400mm, f/4.5-f/5.6 IS lens
• Handheld, with IS “On”
• ISO 800
• Aperture f/5.6
• Shutter 1/4000 sec. to 1/8000 sec.