PJ, Very nice presentation! The Monarchs sparkle. Regards, Bob S. On 10/9/07, P. J. Alling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's getting on towards the time for the Monarch Butterflies to be > starting their long arduous migration to the mountains of Mexico to over > winter. They are congregating in large numbers to stock up on nectar for > that long journey. I find it amazing that such delicate creatures can > make this trip and return. > > These creatures are very hard to photograph on the wing as is evidenced > by my first photo. I missed the focus because this guy, (or girl), > landed and took off so fast that I decided to pre-focus where I thought > it might land. The flowers are nicely in focus though. > > The second is nice, caught the one at the top of the frame just as it > was coming in for a landing, though I was too far away, and I had to > crop it by about 1/2 the frame. > > The Third photo, I should have focused on the nearest Butterfly, but > instead I focused on the one on the right, after which all of them flew > off. > > http://www.mindspring.com/~happydogsoftware/monarchgallery/gallerymonarchs.html > > Note: I've decided that the only solution to this is carbon > tetrachloride. I think I hate butterflies. > > As usual comments are welcome but may be totally ignored. > > -- > Remember, it's pillage; then burn. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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