I went all summer without a decent butterfly image. Oh, I got one here or there but it wasn't anything like the past couple of years where they'd drop out of the sky and ask to have their portraits taken. Finally, yesterday, I was out looking for leaves on the water and there was the last clump of wild daisies and not one but TWO monarchs, gorging themselves on the nectar before the next leg of their journey. It was one last breath of spring before the rain moved in and the temperatures plummeted. Tonight will be close to freezing...
It totally made my day. ;):D;)
Canon 40D, EF 400 f5.6L
f5.6 @ 1/640th, ISO 400
Manual mode, pattern metering, no flash
Overcast & cloudy with the wind blowing like crazy
Processed in ACR & CS4; Crop, levels and saturation tweaks, sharpening






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