8/16/2011: Monarch and Blazing Star

Driving back through the Plains from my excursion to Plains Pond last Saturday, I caught a butterfly in the Northern Blazing Star out of the corner of my eye. It was headed away from me, but I pulled up, grabbed the camera, zoomed out, pointed it out the open window of the car and got off one shot. The contrast in color is pretty dramatic here, and the telephoto end of the zoom throws the background into pleasing bokeh. Cropped from the right for composition.

Nikon Coolpix P500 at 538mm equivalent field of view, f5.7 @ 1/320th @ ISO 160. Program with Active D-Lighting.

Processed in Lightroom for Clarity and Sharpness.

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