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Monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
Monarch butterfly emerging from its chrysalis
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Challenge: Insects (Classic Editing)
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: central Pennsylvania
Date: Sep 2, 2003
Aperture: f 32
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/60 (flash)
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Sep 6, 2003

 This monarch butterfly spent about 2 weeks in its chrysalis (cocoon). On the last day you could see the butterfly folded up within the chrysalis. It emerged in a few minutes then rested as its wings expanded, inflated and hardened.

Statistics
Place: 13 out of 137
Avg (all users): 6.7671
Avg (commenters): 7.5294
Avg (participants): 6.7204
Avg (non-participants): 6.8491
Views since voting: 9841
Votes: 146
Comments: 17
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
09/14/2003 02:21:37 AM
Very good composition and an excellent capture. Colours is a little dull though.
 09/12/2003 01:18:01 PM
Perfect! Timing is everything.
 09/11/2003 10:24:49 AM
Beautiful shot! How long did you have to wait to get that shot? Beautiful color, composition and subject I give it a 10, I'm sure this will finish somewhere at the top!
 09/11/2003 05:52:26 AM
Good capture and composition. The colors and contrasts could be enhanced a bit.
 09/10/2003 02:43:20 PM
Not the most beautiful photo of this type(colors seem desaturated) but what a find. Points for catching this.
 09/10/2003 01:37:04 PM
Great work to capture this emerging. DOF really isolates the subject, nice lighting. If the color were some how more vibrant it would have added a lot to this shot.
 09/08/2003 08:41:25 PM
Very good.
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 09/08/2003 07:17:32 PM
Great shot!
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 09/08/2003 04:30:58 PM
Wow! what a powerful image. Not sure how you did it but the background matches the butterfly's color nicely. Simple and effective. I like it. Jacko. 8
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 09/08/2003 04:22:25 PM
this is quite lovely and the silvery cast to the chrysalis is very nice
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 09/08/2003 01:27:54 PM
One of the best of the Monarchs. Good capture.
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 09/08/2003 10:47:03 AM
I really like this shot, but a bit more contrast would have brought out more colors of the greens and yellow/orange butterfly.
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 09/08/2003 09:02:36 AM
Wonderful color-talk about be there at the right time...wow.
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 09/08/2003 04:51:03 AM
Great find on the cacoon. Beautiful detail and color !
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 09/07/2003 11:20:00 PM
Nice subject caught at an interesting moment. Might be nice if the background contrasted a little more with the subject, but a good shot.
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 09/07/2003 09:33:03 PM
SUPERB!!
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 09/07/2003 08:51:55 PM
Excellent catch!
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