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This Monarch butterfly was sitting on the outdoor blinds. I tried getting a couple of shots, but the light wasn't good enough. I was really surprised that it sat on my finger and stayed there while I shot off a couple of one handed macros. Considering the circumstances, I'm really pleased with the result.
It is our 40th Wedding Anniversary on Sunday, so tomorrow, we are heading to Broome for four days and I may not keep up with viewing and commenting.

[Babs]

Fabulous shot, how lovely that it landed on your finger. Happy Anniversary, have a lovely trip.

[Leana Niemand]

Awesome!. A fav

[Bep]

Amazing! Congrats and have a nice trip.

[Graham Thresher]

Fabulous shot.

[Dave59]

Great shot, Merrelyn. Love the dof. And Congrats on 40 years! (we're almost 30). I hope the Broome holiday is a good one. Comment on the other side :)

[Gayle]

Wow! Fantastic shot! Amazing that it landed on your finger! An early anniversary present! :-) Congratulations and have a wonderful trip! Another fav!

[Christina Helliwell]

How amazing. Such a friendly beauty. Enjoy your trip.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up shot. Have a save trip and a great and nice celebrating. Congrats in advance.

[Debbie]

You lucky lady...they usually fly away from me.
Have a great trip Merrelyn. ..I love Broome

[sally agnew]

A delightful butterfly :)

[Denise Wood]

Beautiful :)

[Dinah Pinkston]

Awesome one-handed shot; this is a wonderful close-up!

[bkb in the city]

Great shot for sure and Happy Anniversary

[Peter Grave]

Lovely capture Merrelyn.fav . Happy 40th anniversary .Our 50th coming up in Feb

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful shot......Happy 40th Anniversary...

[Wylie]

Beautiful colours

[Hope D Jennings]

Beautiful! Today is the anniversary of the discovery of the Monarch overwintering site in Mexico
. http://heavy.com/news/2016/01/mountain-of-butterflies-monarch-butterfly-biosphere-reserve-mexico-world-heritage-site-extinction-endangered-facts/

[Joan Robillard]

Fav

[Lee-Ann]

lovely butterfly.

[Merrelyn]

@leananiemand Thank you for stopping by, I'm glad you like it :)

[Merrelyn]

@deborah63 Thanks Debbie, they usually fly away from too. This one seemed to by caught up in the blind, so I put my finger under it and it stayed there until I walked into the garden. Luckily I was holding my camera in the other hand :)

[Merrelyn]

@mzzhope Thanks for stopping by and for the link Hope :)