jan
Loc: Kansas City
This is a photo of 2 monarch butterflies I raised from the egg stage. They emerged from the chrysalis stage within about 30 minutes of each other. I kept them in a screened in area until they were ready to be released. Each one took notice of the other and they seemed to be attracted to each other. The butterfly in the lower left area of the photo is female and the other butterfly, a male. Within about 5 hours they were ready to take flight and that they did. Fortunately, Wednesday was a wonderful day to be a butterfly...
Bmac
Loc: Long Island, NY
Nice, well balanced colorful photo. Thanks for sharing. 8-)
Bret
Loc: Dayton Ohio
Very nice shot jan. Me I would have cropped them in just a little tighter.
That's a great photo. I work in an elementary school and the children have been collecting caterpillars and watching them become butterflies. The teacher has tagged them and set them free to migrate to Mexico. The hope is that someone will find them and contact our school with the news that they reached their detination.
jan
Loc: Kansas City
Bret wrote:
Very nice shot jan. Me I would have cropped them in just a little tighter.
Thanks for the nice comment and also the advice.
I recropped the pic and I do think it looks better with a tighter crop -- it is all about the butterflies. Thanks again...Jan
Rolenz
Loc: Tripping around Oz
Like the cropped photo, and cheers to yor work with natures blessings
Those are really nice Jan. It is usually pretty hard to get two with their wings spread at the same time.
Shaka
Loc: Brisbane, Australia
Excellent Jan! How do you know which is male or female? Do you turn them over to look? :D
jan wrote:
This is a photo of 2 monarch butterflies I raised from the egg stage. They emerged from the chrysalis stage within about 30 minutes of each other. I kept them in a screened in area until they were ready to be released. Each one took notice of the other and they seemed to be attracted to each other. The butterfly in the lower left area of the photo is female and the other butterfly, a male. Within about 5 hours they were ready to take flight and that they did. Fortunately, Wednesday was a wonderful day to be a butterfly...
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Like it! :thumbup: :thumbup:
jan wrote:
This is a photo of 2 monarch butterflies I raised from the egg stage. They emerged from the chrysalis stage within about 30 minutes of each other. I kept them in a screened in area until they were ready to be released. Each one took notice of the other and they seemed to be attracted to each other. The butterfly in the lower left area of the photo is female and the other butterfly, a male. Within about 5 hours they were ready to take flight and that they did. Fortunately, Wednesday was a wonderful day to be a butterfly...
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Superb shots, jan, in download the color and sharpness is great
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