{"id":8241,"date":"2016-06-08T04:00:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T09:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/?p=8241"},"modified":"2020-12-22T14:01:24","modified_gmt":"2020-12-22T20:01:24","slug":"monarch-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tkahler.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/monarch-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"Monarch Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

I returned to Pedernales Falls State Park with a friend of mine to photograph Painted Buntings. They are only in this part of Texas a short time so they will soon be gone. Unfortunately, I saw a few but was not lucky enough to photograph one. They are very skittish and fly off very quickly. I spotted a bunch of Monarch Butterflies<\/a> on some Milkweed<\/a>\u00a0flowers and decided to try photographing them. The photograph below is the best result of the bunch.<\/p>\n

The Monarch Butterfly or simply Monarch (Danaus plexippus) is a Milkweed Butterfly. Literally millions of these butterflies from eastern and central north America migrate to spend the winter in mountain forests of central Mexico. In early spring they begin to move north and pause to breed. Their offspring continues north and also pause to breed. By summer the next generation has populated much of the continent. The last brood of the summer begins to move south forming large concentrations at some coastal and lakeside points, eventually arriving in central Mexico where the process begins all over again. So, the next time\u00a0you see a bunch of Monarch Butterflies, you will know their complete cycle.<\/p>\n

\"Monarch<\/a>
Monarch Butterfly<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This image was taken with my\u00a0Canon EOS 5DS<\/a>\u00a0using my\u00a0Canon EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6 II Lens<\/a>\u00a0set on 400mm. The camera was set on Aperture priority<\/a> mode with the aperture set at f\/5.6, shutter speed at 1\/500th of a second and the ISO set at 100. This is a single photograph processed in Lightroom and Nik Color Efex Pro.<\/p>\n

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