A wide open iris flower. [20070504_144605_MacroIris - 2134x3007 - AdobeRGB - 2Mb - 6MPix]
Deep orange on dark green, this escholzia (or californian poppy) is an evil test of the camera color limits. [20070504_150822_OrangeFlower - 4256x2848 - AdobeRGB - 2Mb - 12MPix]
The lightning strike on the right hits above the 'Bastille', the old citadel of Grenoble. [20070524_220148_LightningGrenoble_ - 2450x3267 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 8MPix]
Most of the strikes during the thunderstorm hit the Neron, the mountain on the left which dominates Grenoble by its proximity. [20070524_220731_LightningGrenoble_ - 2450x3267 - AdobeRGB - 0Mb - 8MPix]
Butterfly on a thistle. [20070623_103228_ButterflyThistle - 2786x1857 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 5MPix]
View of the Choranche cave and the thinnest stalactites in the world. [20070623_133538_ChorancheCave - 2756x1837 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 5MPix]
The Choranche cave in the Vercors is famous for its needle-thin hordes of stalactites hanging from just about everywhere. [20070623_134103_ChorancheCave - 3633x2422 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 9MPix]
Large stalagmite raising from the river inside the Choranche cave. [20070623_134453_ChorancheCave - 2820x4230 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 12MPix]
The same hawk-moth hovering above its favorite lunch, the aptly called butterfly-tree. [20070624_145143_ButterflyTree - 2173x3259 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 7MPix]
Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum) hovering about a 'butterfly tree'. [20070624_145208_ButterflyTree - 2299x3449 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 8MPix]
A yellowjacket wasp gathering sap off the surface of a trumpet vine (Campsis radicans) flower. [20070624_160502_WaspsYellowFlower - 2848x4256 - AdobeRGB - 5Mb - 12MPix]
Wasp drunk of excess sap. [20070624_173428_DrunkWasp - 2848x4256 - AdobeRGB - 5Mb - 12MPix]
A wasp so drunk on fermented flower sap that it can't swallow down its last drop and has a hell of a time taking off. [20070624_173523_DrunkWasp - 2848x4256 - AdobeRGB - 5Mb - 12MPix]
Mere Eglise, oldest church of the Devoluy. [20070701_081740_MereEglise - 2848x4256 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 12MPix]
A not-so-old cross facing the Obiou, Devoluy. [20070701_082206_MereEglise - 4256x2848 - AdobeRGB - 2Mb - 12MPix]
A wooden cross before the Obiou, Devoluy. [20070701_082238_MereEglise - 2848x4256 - AdobeRGB - 1Mb - 12MPix]