Backlit Monarch butterfly, photographed at Melbourne Zoo, Australia.
Monarch butterfly feeding in a tall grass prairie of wild flowers. Copyright © Curtiss P Simpson
‘Royal Monarch’ has a special poignancy for me as hidden in the spectacularly obvious, ...there are indications of life’s hardships and mortality… the butterfly itself has a damaged wing and the sunflower a damaged petal… Things are not always are as they seem at face value, behind the smiling face of our friends, family and colleagues / there lie scattered amongst the shards of happiness little splinters of hardships and heart-aches… Taken just outside Mogale city (Krugersdorp) in Gauteng, RSA (Taken while test driving a Canon EOS 350D – Still with the Sigma 300mm lens on macro setting.) Regards, Mike
Monarch Butterfly about to land on the canvas / Oil on Board – no airbrushing 10 X 8 inches / 25.5 X 20 cm Original : / Sold / contact my Agents at Gallery 112 / ....................................................................................
Magnificent Stag standing magestic in the Scottish Highlands EDIT : I am proud to be chosen as Image of the Week by the group / ‘The Scots are Coming’ . Check out this group! : “Image of the Week was chosen this week by last weeks winner Kenart, and his choice of image was posted by someone who had only joined our wee group a few days ago. Kenart told me: “I had other images in mind but this new posting simply blew them away. An image that is as completely Scottish as it can be without drifiting into sentimentality. Well composed, it is a sharp crystal image of a lovely animal in its natural habitat.” So the winner is Angela Barnett, with “Monarch of the Glen”
Its a Monarch Butterfly in its final stages, found in my backyard. Hope you like it and thanks for dropping by.
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a monarch enjoys the sweet nectar of a butterfly bush flower
9/9/09 ~ First Runner up in the Creepy Crawlies and Other Bugs challenge ~ The Beauty of Nature group ~ Thank you!!! 5/15/09 – top ten in Natural Patterns challenge – Shapes & Patterns group – thank you members!!! 5/8/09 – featured in Natural Color and Light group – thank you!!!!!! 2/28/09 – featured in Color Me a Rainbow and FIRST RUNNER UP in the Best of Featured Yellow challenge – thank you!!!!!!! 12/19/08 – FIRST RUNNER UP in Birds & Bugs challenge – Yellow Gallery Group 12/8/08 Featured in Mother Nature’s Finest – and Top Ten in the Monthly Avatar Challenge! Thank you hosts and members!! / . / Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTi / F stop: F/11.0 Exposure: 1/125 sec. Focal length: 33.0 mm / Flash: flash did not fire, Shutter speed (Tv): / . / Monarch Butterfly Caterpillar Curled up on a Yellow Daisy in my garden. Taken 8/26/08 – Clarks Valley, Near Tower City, PA FACE TO FACE WITH A MONARCH CATERPILLAR / CATERPILLAR NAP / DAISY WITH A MONARCH CATERPILLAR /
I don’t often see monarch butterflies, so when I spotted this one at Hodges Gardens near Many, Louisiana, I employed my husband’s help in trying to get a good shot at it. Tommy stood guard at the upper level of the butterfly garden while I posted myself in the lower portion. Thanks to my husband’s keen eye, I finally relocated the elusive flutterer and got this photo of it to which I’ve applied some PS filters.
A monarch butterfly feeding from purple asters. Williston, Vermont. Pentax K20D Featured in Unlimited Quality
FEATURED in ‘Backyard Macro group’ July 2009 CHALLENGE WINNER of Flower – White / in Made by Nature Group 21st May 2009 FEATURED in the Live, Love, Dream group / 20th January 2009 Monarch caterpillar taking it easy on the cosmos flower! Canon EOS XSi 450D / Using natural light. BEAUTY CONTEST /
Early morning at Santa Cruz, California Monarch refuge, before the air temperature warms and these delicate blossoms dissipate into the winds. Canon EOS-1D, Mark II, Canon 500 f4L IS – 1/100@ f/4.5, ISO 200 Bogen 3411 w Wimberley style head. Processed in Adobe Lightroom 2. “Elegant Blossoms” FEATURED IN: The Fine Art of Photography Insects, Bugs and Creepy Crawlys Americas; Rural, Urban, Wild & Free JPG Castoffs
Featured in ‘The Scavenger Hunt’ group / 21st June 2009 Lunch Time I was having lunch with a friend today and outside our dining room window this beautiful Monarch butterfly landed so I grabbed my camera and I was off. I managed to get 2 shots before she gracefully soared away dancing on the breeze. Taken 6th March 2009
I had so much fun painting this belly today (Sun Apr 26). The model was so beautiful and happy and enjoyed the session a lot. it was a happy sunday. 5 features in 2 days Apr 27-09 – Featured in the group: You’re accepted Apr 27-09 – Featured in the group: Makeup Creations Apr 27-09 – Featured in the group: First things and it was chosen as the Avatar. Apr 28-09 Featured in the group: The buyers club Apr 28 – 09 Featured in the group: Just butterflies +100 views the first day. =D ====== I’d recommend you to choose black background for a greeting card.
Canon Rebel xt Sigma 17-70 /
BEST VIEWED LARGER Canon Rebelxt Sigma 17-70 Common Grackle and Monarch Caterpillar Composite
The Monarchs of Santa Cruz.
Featured in Friends of Bangor and North Down Camera Club, Northern Ireland August 23, 2009. Best Viewed Full Size This little image is only one of nearly 400 (yes, I discovered the rapid fire thingie on the new camera over the weekend) I took of these most amazing creatures. It means the world to me that I was able to play with them as I’ve never seen a Monarch in our garden in Maryland. The “lawn” to the cabin next to ours on Blue Knob Mountain in Claysburg Pennsylvania has been left uncut all summer … and the most incredible wild vegetation has grown up. One is this pretty purple flowered stalk … which happen to be very much beloved by the Monarch Butterflies. Image taken with the Nikon D300 and the 70-300mm vr Nikon lens at shutter speed 1/160, aperture f/10.0, exp 0.00, iso 800. Focal length 220mm.
Featured in Bug Hunt! August 30, 2009. / Featured in Light In The Darkness August 26, 2009. Best on Full Size Another of the many monarch butterfly shots crammed into my computer from the August 16, 2009 shoot on Blue Knob Mountain in Claysburg, PA. Camera used was the Nikon D300 with the 70-300mm vr Nikon lens. Shutter 1/400, aperture f/9.0, exp. -.33, iso 800. This one got the layered treatment in Photoshop along with some levels work. Thanks to Princess of Shadows at Deviant Art for the textures.
Sorry, I just had to put one more monarch in here because I loved the evening light on him….;-)
Featured in As Is Photography September 20, 2009. This is an AS IS photograph of a female monarch butterfly along side the chrysalis she just emerged from. Photo taken with a Canon EOS Rebel XTi and 100mm f/2.8 macro lens on my property in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada. The Monarch is a milkweed butterfly (subfamily Danainae), in the family Nymphalidae. It is perhaps the best known of all North American butterflies. Female Monarchs (as shown here) have darker veins on their wings, and the males have a spot called the “androconium” in the center of each hind wing from which pheromones are released. Males are also slightly larger. The larvae and the butterflies retain poisonous glycosides from their larval host plant, the milkweed, so they become distasteful to potential predators. The monarch butterfly eats only milkweed as larvae. This highly effective defense strategy shields them against almost all predators that soon learn to avoid these species after attempting to eat them. Monarch butterfly-female (crop detail): / Monarch Chrysalis (detail): / / Black Box Frame & Bright White Matting / / Beautiful Bugs / ADD RENEE TO YOUR WATCHLIST
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