Canadian Geographic Photo Club - Up close and personal
  

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    by perkyleb from Bains Corner CA on 19 Jul 2025
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    A female Monarch butterfly enjoys my common milkweed flowers.

    • Camera: NIKON D7500
    • Focal: 450 mm
    • Shutter speed: 0.001 sec
    • Aperture: f/ 6.3
    tagged: butterfly monarch milkweed animal insect invertebrate pollinator arthropod green flower yellow lepidoptera black close-up

    4 comments


    Clifford Dupuis posted 2025-07-27 2:23pm

    Wow what detail. a terrific shot

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    Debra Plett posted 2025-07-22 6:01pm

    Wow, what a beautiful closeup Jane. Such sharp focus and vivid colours on the soft bokeh. I also like how you have cropped the image very nice.

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    hmellon posted 2025-07-20 2:48pm

    So beautiful in every detail and the background sets the scene off perfectly here, Jane. Perfect focus, tones and composition.. well done!

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    Yves Langlois posted 2025-07-19 12:49pm

    Gorgeous macro shot Jane. Fabulous details of the legs and wing. Very very well done.

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