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by Yves Langlois from Sherbrooke CA on 15 Mar 2025
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Monarch butterfly on a hemlock flower. Special notice to the transparency lighting of the wing. (taken jul 2024)

  • Camera: ILCE-7RM4A
  • Focal: 800 mm
  • Shutter speed: 0.0025 sec
  • Aperture: f/ 11
tagged: monarch hemlock animal butterfly insect invertebrate pollinator green arthropod yellow monarch_butterfly lepidoptera wing viceroy

4 comments


hmellon posted 2025-03-19 9:15am

Gorgeous composition, Yves. The soft background frames the butterfly beautifully and your focus is spot on. I love the woodland magic mood you captured in this shot.

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Debra Plett posted 2025-03-17 7:55pm

Stunning shot Yves. The butterfly perfectly lighted and posed atop the flower. The bokeh is a wonderful contrast to the sharp focus of the butterfly.

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Clifford Dupuis posted 2025-03-16 2:52pm

What a great shot Yves! The excellent bokeh brings the focus to the subject and the composition of the overall image is perfect. Well done

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perkyleb posted 2025-03-16 9:23am

I love the transparent wings, and the blurred background, giving the subject more weight. Also, your subject isn't in the middle of the photo, which makes it more dynamic, I think. However, your butterfly is a Viceroy, not a Monarch. The Monarch doesn't have a black line through the hind wing.

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