Flutter by visitors

A frequent visitor to one of my many coneflower patches these days are swallowtails. The few I've seen in the past few days are remarkably large and just in fantastic shape. Take a look at this specimen.

New Camera: Olympus 790 SW

OK, this gives some idea of the detail, color, and quality of photos in natural sunlight. I'm looking forward to working with this camera. I'm favorably impressed with everything given the low, low price. (Under $200.) This is a waterproof, shockproof, and dustproof model, albeit with only 7.1 megapixels, but I couldn't walk away from the deal. Besides, this is still better than the Sony.

The photos are full images, and crops at 100%. Click on photos to get them at actual size. As I said, I'm favorably impressed with the detail given this price. Reviews are less than complimentary about the reliability as an underwater camera. Luckily, I'm not much on underwater photography.