First Day

We have had the pleasure of "hosting" 11 Monarchs from egg stage to caterpillars to chrysalides to today's emergence of the first one. So cool!

[KoalaGardens🐨]

how exciting - I'm impressed by how well this worked in bw, considering how colourful they are!

[moni kozi]

Sooooo amazing!

[Wylie]

gorgeous. great detail and very satisfying outcome!

[Kathy A]

This would have been wonderful to watch and this photo is magnificent!

[Graeme Stevens]

superb, great processing

[Jenn]

I like it, very nice.

[FBailey]

Fab shot - have you seen Jesika's butterflies @jesika2 ?

[Islandgirl]

Very cool....... Great processing!

[Jesika]

@fbailey that’s kind of you to think of me, actually saw some yesterday that I hadn’t raised! The Monarch needs all the help it can get, its habitat and native food plant destroyed by human activity. Xx

[Allison Williams]

What a treat!

[JT Simpson]

Fantastic closeup. Glad you guys are able to take the journey with the Monarchs.

[ZambianLass]

Gorgeous detail

[PhylM-S]

way cool! It IS butterfly day like you said! Love the eyebrows here!

[sarah]

How fascinating

[Shutterbug]

That is special. Like the b&w. It shows off the details.

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

Sweet! Always fun to see them emerge. great shot

[C Curell]

Oh my goodness! Saw a notification in my Spam box that I got a 365 follower--welcome back! I haven't been posting either, but this is inspiring!

[Lesley Barber]

Very nice shot..

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Awesome! Love the shot in black and white- it really brings out the details on the antennae. Excellent shot.

[Shell]

Gorgeous shot