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<\/a><\/p>\nThere’s a Monarch in this photo.<\/em><\/p>\n This is a closer look at it.<\/em><\/p>\n One of the challenges of photographing butterflies is their tendency to fly suddenly and, just as unexpectedly, perch. In a tick-infested, poison ivy- and thistle- overgrown area, I stay on the trail. That makes it a visual challenge to notice where the butterfly was last seen in flight and to try to figure out where it landed.<\/p>\n Once I’ve detected it, I then have to try to find a camera angle through the tangle of plants which are often waving merrily in the breeze.<\/p>\n This photo has an Azure peeking at me.<\/em><\/p>\n Here’s a closer look at that Azure once it moved down onto some Black Medick.<\/em><\/p>\n If you’d like to play along, I’ve posted a few photos with a butterfly in them, followed by a closer look at the butterfly while it was still in the general area.<\/p>\n I usually only notice butterflies on the path when they take off in front of me.<\/em><\/p>\n Here’s the Crescent a bit closer up.<\/em><\/p>\n Whether it’s “normal” or not, I enjoy this game of hide and seek and find it very calming. I don’t always win, of course. And I’m sure the ones that I lost track of were probably very rare ones, not just common everyday butterflies!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nButterflies Bounce In and Out of Sight<\/h2>\n
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