Pure Luck - Hummingbird Moth

Yesterday as Jason was casually looking out the front door he started all of a sudden flipping out yelling, "Camera! Quick! Hummingbird Moth! Hummingbird Moth!". After realizing what he was saying I snatched up my camera and ran to the front porch where we have a small barrel of flowers in full bloom. Sure enough, hovering over the flowers was a hummingbird moth! I've seen photos of these before but have never seen on in person and it was so cool! It was much smaller than I expected it to be. In the haste to get a good photo I switched the camera to auto mode, and glad I did because I only got four shots before it flew away. This is the only shot that turned out worth a darn. Jason has some more on his Flickr page.

Clearwing Hummingbird Moth

July Flickr Mixer

Yesterday we had a local Flickr Mixer outing and headed down to Waterfront Park to take portrait photos. It was very humid, but we all had a great time. My photos from the shoot are here. After the shoot some of us headed back to the house to hang out on the porch and chit chat more about photography and new places to shoot. Jason and I will be going on a Safari workshop in September and I can't wait! John and Jenn may be coming with us as well. Hopefully we can get a whole group to join us!