The last monarch

Gallery: Man & FaunaPosted September 13, 2015272 views3 comments

Perhaps I am stretching it a bit, but when I viewed this image and saw the lone monarch flying in the air I thought what if this would be the last monarch to migrate? With the reports of the low numbers of monarchs, coupled with the few I have seen this year I thought this image could be symbolic.

Canon T6i

1/1000 @ F-10 ISO400

Sigma 18-250 OS @ 31mm, HH

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Comment posted by Paul Breitkreuz on September 13, 2015 at 11:20 PM

John, I agree, this could be a sad statement on how bad things are for the Monarchs and of course numerous other species. I really like this image as a representation on the status of those wonderful butterflies.

If you saw the movie "The Hunter" with Willem Dafoe it was loosely based upon the loss of a species called the Tasmanian Tiger. Of course the last known real record of any Tasmanian Tiger was actually in 1936. cheeky

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Comment posted by Dennis Plank on September 28, 2015 at 8:06 PM

Well presented and a telling image, John.

devil

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Comment posted by Mike Ramy on October 5, 2015 at 11:11 PM

Hey John,
Well seen, captured and presented, the large version is outstanding.
Congratulations on the WP . . . devil

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