Emergence
So - Just to clarify, this is the straight image taken 15s after the other one I posted with the wings open with just a crop, very minor color adjusts and sharpening. The weird looking bokeh was made by the lens with a 1.4x tele-converter when it's focused at a certain distance. It's what I was looking for with just the one petal sticking out when the monarch landed on just that one flower. One thing I like about this image is that in the thumbnail you don't really see the Monarch.
Emergence
So - Just to clarify, this is the straight image taken 15s after the other one I posted with the wings open with just a crop, very minor color adjusts and sharpening. The weird looking bokeh was made by the lens with a 1.4x tele-converter when it's focused at a certain distance. It's what I was looking for with just the one petal sticking out when the monarch landed on just that one flower. One thing I like about this image is that in the thumbnail you don't really see the Monarch.