Uploaded: February 14, 2012 23:55:28 | Entered: January 26, 2017 08:42:33
Taken at the Coronado Butterfly Preserve in Goleta, Ca on 2/6/2012. It was amazing! About 20,000 migrating monarch butterflies!!
Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/600 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, return light detected, ISO: 250, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 180.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300S
Terry Cervi
February 15, 2012
Katherine Kuhn February 15, 2012
Absolutely AWESOME capture! How I would LOVE to see the monarchs flock like this!!Phyllis H. Burchett February 15, 2012
OMG Kathy, how awesome...I've always wanted to see this but thought I had to go to Mexico! #9984698
Patrick Rouzes
February 15, 2012
Patrick Rouzes
February 15, 2012
Jeffrey R. Bange February 15, 2012
Amazing, fantastic, awesome, incredible, what more can be said about this beautiful capture Kathy, this definitely has WINNER written all over it. #9984805
Val Feldman
February 17, 2012
Gina Cormier February 17, 2012
HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #9988086Patti Coblentz February 17, 2012
WOW, Kathy...this is amazing!!!!! What a beautiful sight and fantastic capture! #9988333D Jensen February 21, 2012
Just beautiful! #9994412Rona L. Schwarz February 23, 2012
FABULOUS, FABULOUS, FABULOUS, Kathy!!! I've actually seen this before (at a butterfly facility in Costa Rica), although not sure they were migrating monarchs. Incredible sight and this is a spectacular capture of them! #9998735
Terry Piotraschke
February 28, 2017
Patrick Rouzes
February 28, 2017
Jeffrey R. Bange February 28, 2017
Congratulations Kathy on your beautiful finalist photo and best of luck in the next round even though I don't think you will need it. #11566536Nadia Paul March 01, 2017
Congrats on this gorgeous winner Kathy! #11566754
Cindy Bendush
March 01, 2017
Candace M. Cleveland March 01, 2017
Congratulations on your gold Kathy. Way to go. #11566957
Joan Classen
March 01, 2017
Carol Quina
March 01, 2017
Jeffrey R. Bange March 01, 2017
Congratulations Kathy on your well deserved win. #11567497
Terry Cervi
March 01, 2017
Patrick Rouzes
March 01, 2017
Val Feldman
March 02, 2017
Rosemary Sampson
March 05, 2017
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