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Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Chris Calohan on September 12, 2021, 08:50:25 pm

Title: The Monarch and the Bottlebrush
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 12, 2021, 08:50:25 pm

The Monarchs have been all this bush in my butterfly garden...this is just one of 50 or so I shot today.

Title: Re: The Monarch and the Bottlebrush
Post by: Arlen on September 13, 2021, 12:15:59 am

Well this monarch of those 50 is a very nice one!

Title: Re: The Monarch and the Bottlebrush
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 13, 2021, 06:38:04 pm

+1.

Title: Re: The Monarch and the Bottlebrush
Post by: Bob_B on September 14, 2021, 06:40:48 am

Glorious portrait!

Title: Re: The Monarch and the Bottlebrush
Post by: Chris Calohan on September 14, 2021, 08:32:12 am

Thanks, all. They and the Gulf Fritillarys, and the Blue Skippers, Sulphurs, oh yeah and the Swallowtails have been a joyous event. This year because of all the rain, butterfly attractors have grown far beyond what they were last year, thus the overabundance. Two other nearby bushes attract tons of bees, which surprisingly leave me alone when I'm out shooting. So far this year, we've exceeded our annual rainfall totals and still have 3 1/2 months to go.

Title: Re: The Monarch and the Bottlebrush
Post by: Mark Nadler on September 15, 2021, 10:17:43 pm

Really nice.

mark