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Monarch at twilight

Posted by John P on Wed Aug 24, 2016 6:46 am

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The Monarch migration is now on in MN! I was in the prairie 45 minutes before sunrise looking for Monarchs on Rough Blazing Star. Just before sunrise I found this one, high up on the Blazing Star for a images against the twilight background.
Tech Data
Nikon D800
Nikon 105mm Macro
ISO 2000 (to combat the wind and allow stopped down aperture to get both antennas sharp)
1/1600 @ F-16
Used reflector to put a touch of light on the Monarch so it would not become a silhouette!

John P
www.impressionsofnature.net

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by Tom Whelan on Wed Aug 24, 2016 8:43 pm

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Beautiful image - amazing light. Nicely judged amount of reflected light.

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by Swissblad on Thu Aug 25, 2016 11:36 pm

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Lovely image - would love to see these migratory butterflies once - amazing.
Thanks for sharing.

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by Matthew Pugh on Fri Aug 26, 2016 5:23 am

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Hi

A nicely composed shot that makes wonderful use of the lighting to craft an image with atmosphere

All the best
Matthew

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