Jeez, Louise, yer blowin' us away with these photos, Sandi, one after another. Bright colors without the need for HDR, tack-sharp with perfect f-stop, outstanding bokeh and that out-of-focus purple stalk in front adds a ghostly touch. Whatever's in the background that is a lighter green, in the bokeh, makes it look like a shaft of light or an intimation of speed coming from the back of the monarch. Other than cropping in a little on the left and then the top so it fits my extra-wide monitor, 5 stars, hands down.
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So glad they are coming back, I see a lot of milkweed coming up for them. WE have to feed them and keep them coming, because they are a beautiful sight.
Try to change what you can't accept, but accept what you can't change. Please CLICK HERE to see my journal! Feel free to save my images or to add them to your favorites.
My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
The reason why the sun sets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB
-Nik