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This is how nature photography works: You spend years chasing butterflies, stalking them, trying to sneak up on them, but somehow they always sense your presence and fly away. Then one day when you've given up entirely on butterfly macro shots, you'll be searching for something else and suddenly realize that not only are you standing directly over a butterfly, but it's not going anywhere!

Nice monarch, eh? :-D

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jacki-dee says:

Stunning, eh? Life's mystery.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

photokai says:

i always have similar experience. That's also why i like nature photography so much

btw, great color and composition. l love the yellow flowers in the background also!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

tlmartinsr says:

Excellent photo of this female Monarch. The Goldenrod she is on and in the background are very nice, also. Beautifully photographed!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

urtica says:

So tell us all how you know it is female!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

multiflora says:

wonderful photo !Please add your
Beautiful photo to--
Beauty is in the *EYE* of the Beholder
Beauty is in
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

* Hi Tech Bio * says:

they staerte migrating, some of them arrived here like three weeks ago!!!!!
Saludos
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Photophool says:

A second perfect favorite of today...Mim has a beautiful monarch as well.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

mimbrava says:

I was just going to say how really cool it is that we both posted a monarch today. Mine's at Buddleia and shot with the 12x zoom. Yours is in supermacro mode, which is astonishing, and you've got better textural details. Faved.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

jam343 says:

wondeful!!!
thanks for your visiting!!!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Blooms n' Twigs says:

Excellent details!
A real beauty!
Your description is "right on" :-)
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

no thneeds needed says:

Gorgeous, Jenn. Like you, I'd like to learn the male/female diagnostic from the ventral view. In dorsal view, the scent-bearing stigmata are evident on the HW of males. Not sure what to focus in on in the ventral view.

BTW, your account of the workings of butterfly photography also is right on point re other types of nature photography. *Luck* plays a significant role. Of course, being prepared when *luck* happens also is important. --Michael
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

urtica says:

Thank you everyone for the comments!!!

I can't wait to see if Flickrites living in areas where the monarchs migrate to photograph any that have been tagged.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

tobym says:

congratulations! brilliant butterly macro!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

Mon@rch says:

I just love the background colors you were able to capture! WOW monarch
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

trisheroverton says:

Very nice!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

melby says:

Thank you for posting in the Canon PowerShot S2 IS: macro and super macro pool.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

tlmartinsr says:

Jenn, specialized scales or scent scales are on the dorsal surface but generally are visible through the wing from the ventral surface as a thinkening of the black "vein". In addition, the "veins" or "webbing" tends to be thicker on a female. Hence, I think that this is a female. I'll try to find one of my shots of a male Monarch's ventral wing surface and will post it.
Posted 38 months ago. ( permalink )

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