Monarch Butterfly Picture

A beautiful Monarch Butterfly enjoys dinner on a Zinnia flower. Extension tubes (12mm + 25mm) and a 1.4x extender were used to get the desired magnification and defocused background.

Camera and Lens Settings (EXIF Information)

420mm f/8 1/160s ISO 125 size: 2627W x 3744H

Camera and Lens Used

Canon EOS 1Ds Mark II
Canon EF 300mm f/2.8 L IS USM Lens

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