Monarch in flight.

Jody Melanson · Post by **Jody Melanson** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:42 am

Canon EOS 1D Mark II N
1/2000s f/8.0 at 400.0mm iso400 with Flash
Handheld.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 12:13 pm

A lovely fresh female (no androconia on the hind wings).

Very nice capture!

--Rik

beetleman · Post by **beetleman** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:18 pm

Beautiful shot Jody. I always look for your photos because they are 100% spectacular and this one is right up there

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 2:24 pm

Wow!

Nice. Frozen in time.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 7:24 pm

I just took a closer look at this lovely photo, and it sure looks to me like this butterfly has a mostly uncurled proboscis.

Jody, did you happen to catch this one just taking off from a flower?

--Rik

MacroLuv · Post by **MacroLuv** » Fri Sep 29, 2006 11:37 pm

I think you might be right Rik. Judging by wings and body position I was thinking about landing or soar. Now I prefer soar.

Ohhhhh I fell in love with Sigma SD14!

Jody Melanson · Post by **Jody Melanson** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:01 am

beetleman wrote:Beautiful shot Jody. I always look for your photos because they are 100% spectacular and this one is right up there

Well thank you kind sir! Very nice of you to say.

Jody Melanson · Post by **Jody Melanson** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:01 am

rjlittlefield wrote:I just took a closer look at this lovely photo, and it sure looks to me like this butterfly has a mostly uncurled proboscis.

Jody, did you happen to catch this one just taking off from a flower?

--Rik

Bingo Rik! Just taking off. Thanks!

Jody Melanson · Post by **Jody Melanson** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 7:02 am

MacroLuv wrote:I think you might be right Rik. Judging by wings and body position I was thinking about landing or soar. Now I prefer soar.
Ohhhhh I fell in love with Sigma SD14!

You got it,

just starting to soar.

Carl_Constantine · Post by **Carl_Constantine** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 4:05 pm

MacroLuv wrote:I think you might be right Rik. Judging by wings and body position I was thinking about landing or soar. Now I prefer soar.

I'm glad all you pros can figure out that this beautiful butterfly just took off. Very observant of you. Wonderful picture Jody. Great color, focus, and emotion.

MacroLuv wrote:Ohhhhh I fell in love with Sigma SD14!

oh DROOL! it's not clear from the website if that's a full frame sensor or not though. hrm, dig dig dig...

Nope, not full frame, 1.7X conversion factor http://dcresource.com/news/newsitem.php?id=3404

impressive set of features, particularly the 3 layer sensor. very nice.

Hatch1921 · Post by **Hatch1921** » Sat Sep 30, 2006 6:55 pm

Wonderful capture Jody...just wonderful.

Hatch