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The Day Before the Unveiling

© Elizabeth A. Marker
Deluxe Website: moondancephotography-elizabethmarker.com

The Day Before the Unveiling

Uploaded: September 25, 2009

Description

I raised this monarch from a very tiny larva until it went through its wonderful transformation into a butterfly. I felt like a kid again!
It was wonderful!!

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/100 seconds, Flash: fired, auto mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 50.00 mm, Model: E-500

Comments

Susan Weisensel September 25, 2009

I looked and looked this summer to raise one also and had no luck.
I love that you can see the wings just waiting to be set free. How lucky you are to do this. Wonderful capture. #1184749

Elizabeth A. Marker level-deluxe September 25, 2009

Thank you so much Susan!
I planted a butterfly garden with plants that attract certain types of butterflies.I had black swallowtail, monarch and other catepillars. Only one swallowtail & one monarch stuck around for the transformation.

Milkweed attracks Monarchs. Dill and curly parsley attract black swallowtails. #7984254

Michelle Alton September 26, 2009

This bejeweled crysallis can only be described as miraculous...as is everything that Mother Nature invents.

I spent the entire summer searching milkweed patches for caterpillars and crysallises. Nada! Oh...I could lots of stories about my failed journeys into butterfly husbandry...your success is the object of my envy! #7984646

Tess L. Yee September 26, 2009

Wonderful capture, Elizabeth. #7984690

Sharon September 26, 2009

WHAT AN AMAZING PHOTO, LIZ!! #7985334

Elizabeth A. Marker level-deluxe September 26, 2009

Thank you all so much!!
Each step was wonderful to watch! #7985487

Melissa G. Meiselman September 26, 2009

WOW this is an awesome shot...amazing the way you can see the future butterfly through the covering, Elizabeth!! Your shot is beautifully taken with fantastic focus, terrific light and great composition!! #7985753

Elizabeth A. Marker level-deluxe September 27, 2009

Thank you Melissa!! #7988728

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