This Is What Happens When You Turn Your Teenager Loose with the Camera and Long Lens

When Maggie was four, she began her soccer career chasing butterflies and looking at flowers. Now that she's 15, not much has changed. She's still chasing butterflies, but with my camera and new lens this time. More rose, less butterfly:



More butterfly, less rose:



Brief interlude: Shiner on the run. Who or what is chasing her?



Back to the butterfly. This time enjoying Columbine:



Whoa! Butterfly in cognito as a yellow bat (in honor of Halloween?) on the pomegranite blossoms:



Close up of the batty butterfly in bokeh:



OK...now it's pretending to be a blade:


Check out the tongue on this critter:



Awesome shot of the butterfly in flight:



Hmmm...hiding in the Lantana this time:



How does he do that?



Sipping Lantana:



Wow! This is neat...translucent wings.



For the grand finale, proud butterfly in profile:



Wow! This kid has an artistic, photographic eye. Now that I have armor on the D60, I think it's safe to let her play again.