From my neighbor's zinnias just a bit ago.

[CurtEastPoint]

Boy, this last one is grainy. I was about 8 feet away plus I enlarged it.

[Sherman A1]

1. Great shots!

[MFM008]

2. Very nice!

[SheltieLover]

3. Omg they are gorgeous!

Ty for sharing! Can you put 1 in photo contest?

Ty for sharing!

[CurtEastPoint]

9. What's this contest theme?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. Up close or macro!

[CurtEastPoint]

13. Let me ponder of find one that truly is a macro. Thanks!

[SheltieLover]

16. Here is post!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/103677759

I hope you are able to participate! 😍

[Budi]

4. I'll be putting Zinnias on my list for next spring.

I haven't made use of their beauty in a few years & these pics remind me of what's been missing from the garden.

Thanks!

[TEB]

5. Beautiful

[intrepidity]

6. Breathtaking!

Especially the top one, thank you

[klook]

7. Great! I think the first is a Gulf Fritillary.

The second appears to be a Monarch, and the last two are Tiger Swallowtails, I think. I’m no expert, but I literally just finished looking at images of all these on insectidentification.org before seeing your post.

The Monarch and Viceroy are very similar, but I think #2 is more likely a Monarch. As you may know, the Eastern Tiger Swallowtail is the official Georgia State Butterfly.

Very cool! Thanks for posting.

[CurtEastPoint]

11. Did not know we had an official butterfly!

[klook]

18. Me either, til I read that today

Per Wikipedia, it’s the state butterfly of Alabama (as well as state mascot!), Delaware, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina, and is the state insect of Virginia.

And here I thought the Alabama state mascot was an empty can of Budweiser with a Marlboro butt stubbed out on top.

[Control-Z]

8. Just beautiful! eom

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. Wow, Curt, these are sooooo gorgeous!

Beautiful shots!

Yes, one of these would make a great entry in our contest this month.

[CurtEastPoint]

14. I found another one from a couple of years ago like better and entered it with a funny title.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

15. Very cool! I'll check it out.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I have to say how truly amazing that shot is! Love it and the crazy title!

[CrispyQ]

19. They are all breathtaking!

The last one, though...

[spooky3]

20. Gorgeous! Nt

[moonscape]

21. Beautiful! n/t

[mnhtnbb]

22. So lovely!

[Shrike47]

23. Wow! All great but the colors in the top photo are breathtaking.

[cp]

24. Glorious!

Thank you.

[Doreen]

25. Very pretty.

[CurtEastPoint]

26. THANK YOU ALL! I couldn't get right in their flower bed so I used a zoom. Not ideal but ..

[calimary]

27. These are just exquisite! Almost intoxicating! My eyes are drunk already!

We need to protect these delicate wonders! The monarchs are in trouble and need help...

https://bit.ly/34ajWsX

[Kali]

28. I love zinnias. here is an AFTER shot

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

29. Great pix. Gorgeous!

Missed getting any zinnias this year. Really miss them.