June 2020

A distant rainbow with wind and shadow causing it to seem more like a watercolor painting in the eastern sky

 June in South Dakota offers a color explosion if conditions are right. Rainstorms, wildflowers, breeding birds, butterflies and deep sky objects are most prominent in June. This makes for one fo the best months to be out and about with a camera. It also makes for a wide variety of subjects to attempt to capture. Here are twelve of the most interesting subjects that caught my eye in June 2020. Feel free to click on an image for a larger file to view and thanks for taking a look!

Yellow-headed blackbird backlit by the setting sun

Prairie fameflowers are tiny and only bloom for a couple hours each day

A skipper on a prairie rose

Rainbow after the storm clouds clear and the sun peaks back in

Macro of the inside of a prickly pear flower

Sweet clover and late day sunlight paint the Bad River breaks beautifully southwest of Ft. Pierre

Common Nighthawk

Sunset somewhere between Midland and Phillip, SD

Eleven minutes after midnight in the South Unit of Badlands National Park

Short-eared owl in flight

Juvenile short-eared owl hiding in plain site in tall weeds