Great shots,. Very nice rich colours Dave
On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 8:51 AM, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > I missed the largest part of the migration of the monarchs this year > during their stop-over at Colonel Sam Smith Park in New Toronto (a > block from my house). Last year there were thousands, tens of > thousand, so many they made the trees appear to have orange leaves. > > I went down to the park last Saturday evening and was surprised to > find hundreds of stragglers eating. They were still there Sunday > morning, but when I went back on Sunday evening there was nary a > monarch to be found. > > Unlike last year they weren't so co-operative (they were practically > landing on me last year) and were a bit skittish, making it a bit more > difficult to get good shots. Also unlike last year the late day and > early morning sun was spectacular, so I concentrated on backlit shots > (so I must apologize for the sameness in that regard) - their wings > just look so amazing and stained glass-like in that light! > > So without further ado, here they are, the monarchs for 2011: > > http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.com/2011/10/by-divine-right.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
