Gulf Fritillary in a Carrolton Garden

I noticed a flash of orange and black in my parents’ garden and grabbed my camera hoping to photograph a migrating Monarch butterfly. But it was a different butterfly – a Gulf Fritillary. My first attempt to photograph it turned into an ‘art’ photograph with butterfly and flowers glowing against the fence slats.

Then the butterfly moved to a better position and worked it ways around the flower…an easy target for my camera.

It’s very easy to be enamored with all butterflies.