{"id":10232,"date":"2017-07-24T08:12:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T12:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/p4td.lightshedder.com\/?p=10232"},"modified":"2017-07-24T08:12:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-24T12:12:32","slug":"monarch-on-galardia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=10232","title":{"rendered":"Monarch on Galardia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10231\" style=\"width: 2010px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10231\" data-attachment-id=\"10231\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?attachment_id=10231\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?fit=2000%2C1608&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2000,1608\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?fit=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?fit=904%2C727&amp;ssl=1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"904\" height=\"727\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?resize=904%2C727\" title=\"\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?w=2000&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?resize=300%2C241&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?resize=768%2C617&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?resize=1024%2C823&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?resize=904%2C727&amp;ssl=1 904w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/7451a769-7494-4610-92be-bd7c45aca880.jpg?w=1808&amp;ssl=1 1808w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10231\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Monarch Butterfly on Galardia in our yard. Kennebunk Maine<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When I got home from a hike at the Secret Garden Preserve in Kennebunk the other day, there was a Monarch Butterfly, the first I have seen this season, in our yard to greet me. It was hovering around the single Galardia flower that survived the winter in our front garden. I have a full, wings open, shot, but the butterfly completely covers the flower, and I like the contrast in both color and shape.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sony Rx10iii at 600mm equivalent. Program mode. 1\/250th @ f4 @ ISO 100. -.3 EV. Processed in Polarr and TouchRetouch (removed another flower stalk, minus flower, at the left edge of the frame).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-10232\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=10232&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-10232\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=10232&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"https:\/\/psnp.info\/p4td_\/?p=10232&amp;share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email this to a friend\"><span>Email<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I got home from a hike at the Secret Garden Preserve in Kennebunk the other day, there was a Monarch Butterfly, the first I have seen this season, in our yard to greet me. It was hovering around the single Galardia flower that survived the winter in our front garden. 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