I've been home from camp for a few days now and trying to catch up with some of my responsibilities that I haven't had time for. Today, I decided to take a break during lunchtime and meet up with my friend to shoot butterflies at a local garden.

As I was heading out to meet him, he told me the place was mobbed and to meet him elsewhere. We met at the alternate location, but not much was going on there... only geese by the pond. We did a little walking and some chatting, but no photographing so we decided to leave and try again at the originally planned location.

When we got to location number 2, the butterflies did not disappoint. We had an Eastern Tiger Swallowtail and three Monarchs that made a presence. One of the Monarchs was extremely cooperative for photo's which was really awesome as up until now, I haven't had any opportunities for shots of Monarchs this year. It sure was my highlight of my day.