Butterfly Love #1 T-Shirt

Pipevine Swallowtail, Battus philenor, feeding on Abelia x grandiflora. Treated with a texture. These beautiful butterflies flutter their wings very fast, making it hard to get a sharp image. This image was taken in Oklahoma City, in the Will Roger's butterfly garden.

I have been involved in creative works for years. Watercolors, oils, jewelry creation, and writing. Some years ago, after undergoing treatment for breast cancer, I abandoned my partly written novel and bought my first serious camera, a Nikon, believing life is too short not to do something that gives me pleasure. Although writing was stimulating and fun, I longed to do something that got me out of the house and into nature. Within months, I abandoned film and went to a Nikon digital camera. Recently, I went to a new system with Fuji. I now shoot an X-T2. My love for the creative process, nature and the animals that live in nature influences my work, although I have branched out in many areas of photography besides...