Posting early; travel tomorrow!

I had gone to Balboa Park to photograph the Rose Garden and practice
using fill flash, only to discover all the rose bushes had been cut
back -- no blooms!

Then I found a small flower bed, and this butterfly posing on one of
the orange flowers. He was alternately folding and unfolding his wings.
He gave me at least two minutes to practice taking his picture, and
I was so excited to get this one!

So yes, even though the exif data probably says not, I DID use flash.

EDIT: After posting, I must say I'm quite disappointed with how this looks
on pbase. It looked wonderful on my monitor before posting! :-(