Flying Monarch Butterfly Picture

A Monarch Butterfly decides to live up to the last part of its name and "fly" away leaving a trail of colorful orange blur. 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 1/80s ISO 160 size: 3328W x 4992H

Camera and Lens Used

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

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