Bonus butterfly posts of some of my favorite sightings after a great year of seeing butterflies. #4 of 6. While I like bold and beautiful color contrasts that grab the eye and attention especially on quick flip social media, I also like the soft and subtle colors and contrasts which a viewer must take time exploring to see the beauty. I think this scene is one of the latter with an immersive view of this Spring White Butterfly (Pieris sisymbrii) feeding in Cascade Siskiyou National Monument in Southern Oregon. It's like shooting shots of tequila vs. sipping a fine wine. This is a sipping photo.

Bonus butterfly posts of some of my favorite sightings after a great year of seeing butterflies. #3 of 6. The complementary colors and details of both flowers and the butterfly made this an easy selection for this post. I enjoyed trying to compose a nice photo of this Painted Lady butterfly (Vanessa cardui) which frequently visited these flowers at my campsite at Diamond Lake, Oregon.

Bonus butterfly posts of some of my favorite sightings after a great year of seeing butterflies. #5 of 6. I included this moth in this series because this is not just any ordinary moth. I imagine most people respond how I did the first time I saw the White-lined Sphinx moth (Hyles lineata). While walking along a trail at Crater Lake National Park in Oregon, the immense size of the moth, its extremely long proboscis, and incredibly fast wingspeed immediately caught my attention. They have been wrongly called hummingbird moths due to their size and how they hover at flowers but they are amazing creatures to observe meandering through the world of butterflies.