Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: My First Monarch Photo, 1 by UniQueTreasures

UniQueTreasures wrote:
Hi Andy and luvsgrtdanes,

That is the first one I've seen (that I was aware of). I was able to get THREE shots in a row like that one. I couldn't believe it when I downloaded the photos. Not bad for a gal that's never done much photography in the past without cutting off someone's head! HAHAHAHA

Digital has really opened up a new world for me. I have a big memory card on my camera and I've learned to set my camera at the 1Meg size to get the best results. I love printing out/ framing some of the shots I've taken. The detail is so much better than the smaller photos.

I had a single caterpillar that I knew was a Monarch, but he disappeared. I didn't realize that I could have "protected" him, until he was gone. I talked to him every day and took many photos of him. I can't help but wonder if this was him.

I just noticed the assassin bug in this photo of the same Monarch. Please excuse the hideous mess the vines, etc. are in. That is the absolute WORST spot in the whole back yard, as far as plants doing their own thing. There is a massive hole and a half of a tree trunk (that still needs to be removed from Rita, a year ago) behind the foilage in this shot. Very "snaky"!


edited to add: Those vines, etc. are wrapped around the butterfly bushes that the caterpillar was found on. So that might be a familiar area to the Monarch, if indeed it IS the one that I saw a month or so ago.

This message was edited Sep 20, 2006 6:00 PM