{"id":2257,"date":"2017-01-21T23:04:28","date_gmt":"2017-01-22T07:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=2257"},"modified":"2017-01-21T23:04:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-22T07:04:28","slug":"a-photography-day-at-the-monarch-grove-in-pismo-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/?p=2257","title":{"rendered":"A photography day at the Monarch Grove in Pismo Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week my wife and I with our cousins visited the famous Monarch Grove in Pismo Beach State Park. This is the site where twice each year thousands of Monarch butterflies gather to mate, and to impress visitors with their beauty.<\/p>\n<p>We used two Canon full-frame cameras: a 5D and a 6D, and we used a long, long combination of optics: a Canon 100-400 lens with two 2X telextenders attached to make the equivalent of a 1600mm lens! The maximum aperture was f11, but with a good tripod from Really Right Stuff, we were able to make some lovely portraits of Monarchs in the wild.<\/p>\n<div id=\"grid-gallery-2-48608\" data-gg-id=\"2\" data-title=\"Monarchs\" data-grid-type=\"0\" data-offset=\"5.3\" data-area-position=\"center\" data-icons=\"\" data-preloader=\"\" data-width=\"215\" data-height=\"215\" data-padding=\"\" data-quicksand=\"disabled\" data-quicksand-duration=\"none\" data-popup-theme=\"theme_6\" data-popup-type=\"pretty-photo\" data-popup-image-text=\"title\" data-popup-widthsize=\"auto\" data-popup-heightsize=\"auto\" data-popup-i18n-words=\"{&quot;close&quot;:&quot;close&quot;,&quot;next&quot;:&quot;next&quot;,&quot;previous&quot;:&quot;previous&quot;,&quot;start_slideshow&quot;:&quot;start slideshow&quot;,&quot;stop_slideshow&quot;:&quot;stop slideshow&quot;,&quot;image&quot;:&quot;image&quot;,&quot;of&quot;:&quot;of&quot;,&quot;prev&quot;:&quot;prev&quot;,&quot;cExpand&quot;:&quot;Expand&quot;,&quot;cPrevious&quot;:&quot;Previous&quot;,&quot;cNext&quot;:&quot;Next&quot;,&quot;cExpandStr&quot;:&quot;Expand the image&quot;,&quot;cRotate&quot;:&quot;Rotate&quot;,&quot;cDetails&quot;:&quot;Details&quot;}\" data-popup-slideshow=\"false\" data-popup-slideshow-speed=\"2500\" data-popup-hoverstop=\"true\" data-popup-slideshow-auto=\"false\" data-popup-background=\"\" data-popup-transparency=\"30\" data-popup-disable-history=\"\" data-popup-disable-changed-url=\"\" data-popup-border-type=\"\" data-popup-border-color=\"\" data-popup-border-width=\"\" data-popup-border-enable=\"\" data-fullscreen=\"false\" data-hide-tooltip=\"\" data-caption-font-family=\"\" data-caption-text-size=\"140\" data-is-mobile=\"0\" data-caption-mobile=\"false\" data-hide-long-tltp-title=\"0\" data-caption-disabled-on-mobile=\"false\" data-popup-placement-type=\"0\" data-social-sharing=\"{&quot;enabled&quot;:null,&quot;gallerySharing&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:null,&quot;position&quot;:null},&quot;imageSharing&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:null,&quot;wrapperClass&quot;:&quot; vertical &quot;},&quot;popupSharing&quot;:{&quot;enabled&quot;:null,&quot;wrapperClass&quot;:&quot; vertical &quot;}}\" class=\"grid-gallery grid-gallery-fixed \" style=\" width:100%; height:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;position:relative;\"> <div class=\"gallery-loading\"> <div class=\"blocks\"> <div class=\"block\"><\/div> <div class=\"block\"><\/div> <div class=\"block\"><\/div> <div class=\"block\"><\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-sharing-top\" style=\"display:none;\"> <\/div> <div id=\"photos-2\" class=\"grid-gallery-photos\"><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"0\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Milkweed-with-caterpillar-007-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Milkweed with caterpillar 007\" title=\"Milkweed with caterpillar 007\" data-description=\"Milkweed with caterpillar 007\" data-caption=\"This is a Monarch caterpillar on a Milk Weed plant in our yard last summer. Monarchs are attracted to Milk Weed.\" data-title=\"Milkweed with caterpillar 007\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-145-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 145\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 145\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 145\" data-caption=\"Monarchs in a small Cypress tree at the Monarch Grove at Pismo Beach State Park last week.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 145\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-140-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 140\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 140\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 140\" data-caption=\"A single Monarch warms its wings in the sun.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 140\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-121-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 121\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 121\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 121\" data-caption=\"A pride of Monarchs? An applause of Monarchs? A litter of Monarchs? There were so many it\u2019s hard to appreciate the quantity.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 121\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-078-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 078\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 078\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 078\" data-caption=\"An extreme close-up with a 1600mm lens (400 + 2X extender + 2X extender).\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 078\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"5\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-065-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 065\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 065\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 065\" data-caption=\"These beautiful insects are warming on the leaves of a Eucalyptus tree.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 065\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"6\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-063-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 063\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 063\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 063\" data-caption=\"More very close-up shots with the long lens.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 063\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"7\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-057-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 057\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 057\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 057\" data-caption=\"A radiant pair on the Cypress.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 057\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"8\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-049-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 049\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 049\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 049\" data-caption=\"Family of Monarchs warming themselves in the morning light.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 049\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-034-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 034\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 034\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 034\" data-caption=\"When the sun shines on the Monarch Grove, the insects flock to places where they can spread their wings and get the warmth of the sun.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 034\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"10\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-030-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 030\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 030\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 030\" data-caption=\"A single Monarch with its wings folded.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 030\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"11\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-025-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 025\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 025\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 025\" data-caption=\"A small cluster of the Monarchs in bright sun.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 025\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"12\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-008-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 008\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 008\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 008\" data-caption=\"These lovely creatures are simply enchanting; everyone smiles when they see a Monarch. Seeing 20,000 of them makes us smile even more!\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 008\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE><FIGURE class=\"grid-gallery-caption\" data-grid-gallery-type=\"quarter-slide-up\" data-index=\"13\" style=\"display:none;border-radius:00;; margin:5.3px; width:2150;\" ><div class=\"crop\" style=\" width:2150; height:2150; overflow:hidden;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/thelawlers.com\/Blognosticator\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Monarch-butterflies-003-215x215.jpg\" class=\"ggImg\" alt=\"Monarch butterflies 003\" title=\"Monarch butterflies 003\" data-description=\"Monarch butterflies 003\" data-caption=\"It was warming up, and the Monarchs were soaking in the sun.\" data-title=\"Monarch butterflies 003\" style=\" width:215px; height:215px;\" \/><\/div><FIGCAPTION class=\"\" data-alpha=\"5\" style=\"color:#ffffff; background-color:#6f0000; font-size:140; text-align:2; font-family:;\" ><div class=\"grid-gallery-figcaption-wrap\" style=\"\"><\/div><\/FIGCAPTION><\/FIGURE> <div class=\"grid-gallery-clearfix\"><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-sharing-bottom\" style=\"display:none;\"> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-sharing-image\" style=\"display:none;\"> <\/div> <div class=\"gallery-sharing-popup\" style=\"display:none;\"> <\/div> <div class=\"grid-gallery-clearfix\"><\/div> <\/div> <!-- Gallery by Supsystic plugin1.16.0 --><a title=\"Gallery Wordpress\" style=\"display:none;\" href=\"https:\/\/supsystic.com\/plugins\/photo-gallery\/?utm_medium=love_link\" target=\"_blank\">Gallery Wordpress<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week my wife and I with our cousins visited the famous Monarch Grove in Pismo Beach State Park. 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