Derrick

New to BSky, thought I'd start with a recent #photo I took while taking a break from field work in #Sequoia #NationalPark.

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A pair of white cabbage butterflies deying out after rains this weekend. #butterflies #photography

Gathering pollen from an iris. #flowers #bees #macro #photography

Rainbow lorikeet high up in a gum tree. #birds #parrots #photography

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Rain turns the world upside down. #raindrops #macro #photography

BOOM! If flowers could explode. #flowers

Not sure what kind of butterfly this is, but it isn’t large. #butterflies #macro #photography

A bit of a mind bender. Took this in the park this afternoon. #photography #illusions #reflections

Rainbow lorikeet drinking nectar from a gum tree. #parrots #birds #flowers #eucalypts #photography

Dainty swallowtail on a lantana. #flowers #butterfflies #flowers #photography

A pincushion flower getting ready to bloom. Started with three small plants a couple years ago and now have a few dozen spread across my #garden. I like having a mixture or random #flowers that make my yard look more like a field of #wildflowers than purposefully cultivated. Great for #photography

Karrawirra Parri / Torrens River this morning. I still have a hard time calling this a river, having grown up near one of the world’s great rivers. #river #sunlight #nature #landscape #photography

Green planthopper on a Santa Rosa plum. #insects #gardening

It’s mulberry season! #gardening #berries #photography

A happy rainbow lorikeet in a gum tree this morning. #Australia #parrots #flowers #eucalypts #birds #photography

Pomegranate blossom just starting to open. #flowers #trees #gardening #photography

Jumping spider, brushed it off me before I realized what it was. #macro #photography #spiders #arachnids

Skipper butterfly on a strawflower. #flowers #butterflies #insects #gardening #macro #photography

An absolutely pollen-covered honeybee gathering nectar from a nigella. #flowers #bees #macro #photography

A slightly battered butterfly at Adelaide Botanic Gardens. #butterfly #gardens #photography

A noisy miner leaves a callistemon after an afternoon meal. #birds #photography

A nasturtium covered hillside in the park. #flowers #ThickTrunk #photography

Decent sunset this evening. #sunset #clouds #photography

Dietes grandiflora started this plant from seeds about 6 years old. #iris #flowers #gardening #photography

Fleabane flowers are white, but as they start to bloom, they are pink. #flowers #macro #photography

Nigella #flowers #photography

Nigella blossom #flowers #photography

Eucalyptus pyriformis, pear fruited mallee #flowers #eucypts #Australia #gardens #photography

Eastern rosella at Adelaide Botanic Gardens #birds #parrots #gardens #photography

Crepe myrtle seed pod. #gardening #macro #photography

Bibio imitator on my orange tree. A native Australian insect. #insects #macro #photography

One of these is not like the others. #pebbles #geology #photography

Wow! I joined about a year and a week ago when I posted this photo from my fieldwork in the Sierra Nevada. I have enjoyed sharing my photos and seeing all the beautiful photos that all of you share. Thank you for the welcoming community here!

Green bug on fleabane. #insects #flowers #macro #photography

There are aliens on Earth. They’re Australian plants. #flowers #photography

Early October snow in the Wasatch Mountains, Big Cottonwood Canyon. Last year almost to the day. hiked in the snow looking for Alta stock outcrops to sample with my gamma-ray spectrometer. Very interesting results, but I need to make another trip. #geology #mountains #fall #snow #Utah

We had a storm blow though yesterday with gusts up to 70 kph. It only lasted 15 m, but left everything nice and wet. #raindrops #flowers #macro

Skipper butterfly on a California poppy. #butterflies #insects #flowers #macro #photography

Pink lady blossoms #trees #flowers #photography

Nested nascent nectarine #ThreeWordGenre #gardening #fruit #photography

Australian paper wasp #insects #wasps #photography

I think about pulling out the spreading plant all the time and then it flowers. Small-leaf spiderwart. #flowers #gardening #photography

Another from last night’s sunset. #sunset #photography

A southern old lady moth found a bit of security in our house last night. A bird kept flying up to the window hoping to catch it. #moths #insects #wings #macro #photography

Nice sunset in Adelaide tonight. #sunset #photography

Raindrop clinging to a cherry bud. #rain #macro #photography

Just had a quick 5 min downpour. The cherry blossoms are now nice and wet. #rain #flowers #photography

I wonder if poppy honey has narcotic properties? #flowers #bees #macro #photography

Looking for a meal. #bees #flowers #poppies #photography