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07-SEP-2012 Christine Hanrahan

Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) on zinnia

Photographed at the Ornamental Gardens on the Central Experimental Farm, where I saw about half a dozen monarchs nectaring on the zinnias.

Canon PowerShot SX20 IS
1/200s f/5.7 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
carol j. phipps29-Jan-2013 22:38
Color triumphant.
godro11-Sep-2012 22:52
Nice colors and nice work!!!
slhoornstra08-Sep-2012 19:02
Splashes of gorgeous, warm, Autumn colors. Please print!! BBV
Terry Sprague08-Sep-2012 17:25
wonderful capture! I've had many in my garden of late, yesterday a couple of them were very new, their wings still looked soft!
J. Scott Coile08-Sep-2012 17:07
Beautiful colors.
Hank Vander Velde08-Sep-2012 14:22
Beautiful shot of this Monarch Christine.
Pierre08-Sep-2012 12:43
Une très jolie prise de vue de ce monarque! V
Claude Gagnon08-Sep-2012 12:38
Great presentation of this Monarch :))
Guest 08-Sep-2012 11:51
Stunning macro with fantastic color and light on this well detail butterfly. V++
laine08-Sep-2012 09:46
beautifully warm tones...a great capture
Torben Jorgensen08-Sep-2012 08:01
I love to se images of Monarchs. This is an excellent shot. V
Torben Jorgensen08-Sep-2012 08:01
I love to se images of Monarchs. This is an excellent shot. V
Blandine Mangin08-Sep-2012 06:56
superb colors ! v
Marisa Livet08-Sep-2012 04:22
A vivid and bright triumph of colours for this composition
Jim Coffman08-Sep-2012 02:49
This is really nice,Christine! Beautiful color and detail..
Margot W08-Sep-2012 02:33
I think he didn't fly away at all. He looks the same. What do you think? lol
Fantastic colors in this image. Super macro.
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