Using the Nikon D3000, on auto, but I set the lens on 55 mm.
Yellow banded Dart, on mint blossom, by my back door.
Isn’t the mint blossom gorgeous with all those little purple tips on the stamena.
Yellow-Banded Dart (a skipper butterfly)
Have good day. 🙂
I saw a couple of these a few weeks back, but the sparrows or shield bugs got them before they grew much bigger.
Taken with the Nokia Lumia 520.
I got myself a secondhand DSLR from eBay last week – for my birthday – a Nikon D3000. It came from a pawnshop place in regional Victoria and that might be why I was the only bidder.I had purchased from him before, a superficially damaged monitor which I got for its stand for $20.
At A$180, and free postage, it arrived on Friday with the standard 2009 kit zoom lens, a charger, battery, and a very well padded camera bag. When I checked the shutter count it was only 687, and I’d already taken at least 50+ practice pics myself! I have it on auto at the moment, and it has some sort of filter on the lens which I have to find out about.
I was actually keeping my eyes open for a cheap Nikon D5+anything, but I spotted this D3000 and only had 22 minutes to make up my mind. It has a great beginner’s guidance system and a motor lens cleanser! I think I did well for my first DSLR. Now, I just have to learn to use all the bells and whistles.
Have a good day. 🙂
I’ve photographed this pretty Aussie Grapevine Moth (Phalaenoides glycinae) last year, but not managed to so far in 2016 – until today. However, this one was very subdued and jumped on to my hand when I reached for a grape. Sort of puts one off eating the grapes just thinking that one of these moths may have pumped eggs in already! I did see a tiny caterpillar a few days ago.
I’m tagging these for Sally D’s Mobile Photography Challenge: Macro.
Christine R 
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