Janet Brien's photos with the keyword: Papilio rutulus

[best appreciated at full size against black] I am really excited about butterflies and every time I see one, I hope against hope that it will land close enough for me to take its picture. I've been having some great luck with my new camera, and I got some more the other day! I was up on our ridge line and noticed several swallowtail butterflies flying around the manzanita blossoms, and eventually one of them landed close enough for me to take some pictures! I wasn't able to get very close, but when I looked at this picture on my computer, I exclaimed, "HEY! This looks like the kind of picture Shannon would take! YAY!!!" I've uploaded two other pictures today and I hope you'll visit them too! Thanks to all of you who have visited and have left comments and favorites! I try to go to all of your pages within a day or two and is a highlight for me to see your beautiful photography! :) NOTE! I have finally updated my profile and I hope you'll take a look to find out a little more about me and how important all of you are to my experience here on Flickr! Janet's profile (sfhipchick) This image was taken in March, 2012.