Mike Powell

The sun was shining through the wings of this Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) from behind, making the butterfly glow like a stained glass window on Friday at Green Spring Gardens.

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Posted in Butterflies, Insects, Nature, Photography | Tagged Alexandria VA, backlighting, Canon 50D, Danaus plexippus, green spring gardens, Monarch, monarch butterfly, Tamron 150-600mm | 7 Comments

7 Responses

1. on September 4, 2016 at 11:32 am | Reply New England Nomad

   Beautiful. Such vivid colors. Well done, as usual, Mike.

   
   
2. on September 4, 2016 at 11:41 am | Reply krikitarts

   The stained-glass-window analogy fits this to a T!

   
   
3. on September 4, 2016 at 1:51 pm | Reply cihearu - Chronicles of a Bionic Woman

   great shot!

   
   
4. on September 4, 2016 at 7:25 pm | Reply Mjollnir MacAlba

   Superb photo Mike 🙂

   
   
5. on September 4, 2016 at 7:42 pm | Reply Sarah Longes - Mirador Design

   Pure gold 😀

   
   
6. on September 5, 2016 at 6:23 am | Reply centralohionature

   Lovely, one of those shots I’m always looking for!

   
   
7. on September 5, 2016 at 2:23 pm | Reply Sue

   Indeed, it does — look like stained glass.

   
   

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