One more day of photographic glory spent with my wife and family at her parents. This afternoon we traveled just out of town to a county park for some fun. I had been to this park many times and harvested many photos from it, but I cannot remember ever seeing so many wildflowers and butterflies before. They were simply everywhere! Lots of little ones that never seemed to want to hold still, but spent their entire day taunting me with acrobatics just of the reach of my lens. Still, there were plenty of Monarchs to get my lens on and this particular flower must have been extra loaded with nectar because they kept coming back to it again and again. At times there were three or more at once landing on this purple flower in a feeding frenzy. Try as I may; I was unable to get them all in a good composition or freeze them in flight. So I just concentrated on capturing this one, and he was more than accommodating to me and my lens. The sun was in a near perfect position in relation to this feasting Monarch and it was a treat to have it all to myself.
Even though I had success in capturing this beautiful creature; I wished that I could have stayed there all day and just filled memory card after memory card. It was so full life buzzing and winging its way around the spectacular prairie filled with flowers, and one day was just not enough. Sadly, it won't be till next year till I can return to try again. Not because I don't want to go back to the my in-law's you understand, but the next time we visit these flowers will be gone with the approach of Fall. Hopefully next season will find me with my first photo book completed and working on one with looser time constraints. Never the less, I will be back to this wonderful little town where the most beautiful thing I've ever photographed kisses me every night as I close my eyes and whispers "I love you" in my ear.
Happy Shooting.
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