So much beauty today. Lots of yummy food, lovely people, got a great portrait of our cheesemaker and even got to spend an hour walking downhill through the forest eating wild strawberries and chasing butterflies.
Did see a few butterflies today as well. This teeny little fella never gave me a look at the upper wing artwork, but was amazed to zoom in close and discover a thin little edging of blue scales.
The detail in butterflies is just astounding to me. I had no idea that was happening right before our eyes.
All these butterfly shots taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 Macro, pushed to F2.8 because I love the shallow depth of field.
I want to tell a little story about a stupa in Bhutan called Chendibji, a beautiful place I have visited many times but has a sad story.
It's a special place for Bhutanese, a spiritual place surrounded by wild forests. Recently they restored the stupa and chorten and installed immense flood lights to illuminate at night.
One of those teeny tiny little butterflies that might be a sapphire or might not and my only reference for Bhutanese blues doesn't actually show the upper wings for most of the species.
I do love how every flash of blue fluttering by could be something totally new to my eyes.
Nachdem ich jetzt den #Apple-Gottesdienst zeitsouverän nachgeschaut habe, weiß ich, dass ich ein neues #iPhone brauche. Warum? In den 5 Jahren seit meinem XS Max sind ja einige Sachen verbessert worden, aber das Killerfeature ist Videoaufnahme direkt auf einen externen Datenträger. Das macht nicht nur die #Lumix überflüssig, sondern ist sogar noch besser: Auch kein Herumhantieren mit SD-Karten mehr nötig. Direkt aufnehmen auf die SSD, auf der dann direkt geschnitten wird. Gekauft.
I'm back home now after a month in Bhutan. Still have a few terabytes of pix and vids to crunch. Feeling a little "all at sea", with my head still stuck somewhere between the Himalayas and home.
Big day in Wangdue Phodrang Dzong on Friday. Locals turning up for special blessings and wearing their finest. Bhutanese know how to bling it up for the Buddha.
Found a bunch of these guys right next to the highway when I stopped to shoot a rice field. Peachy! Was pretty excited to get a chance to get close. Always amazed how some butterflies are indifferent to a huge big camera lens.
This montage of images is from an evening in the Outback. Swags dropped off by helicopter, then back to pickup our gang. We shot the boab tree for star trails, and enjoyed a campfire under the stars.