Yesterday we went up our local hill carrying telephoto setups, basically our heaviest gear; it was the first time for me to carry the A7RV with the FE 100-400mm GM lens up there, because the damn thing is so heavy and awkward to carry when hiking. Biljana took the R5 with the RF 70-200 f/4L. The only things worth taking pictures of there at the moment, unfortunately, require either a telephoto or a macro lens. It seemed to have been for nought, because the butterflies were too active and not landing; they just flew chaotically above us, and when I got a good series of a hummingbird moth, the background was too close and the compositions were therefore chaotic and disorderly and I couldn’t use them.

On the way back from the top, however, we lucked out – a perfect swallowtail was feeding on a sage blossom, and kept doing it for long enough for both of us to get several series.

Here are Biljana’s whole album, and mine.