Frequently Asked Photo Questions for January

25.01.2011

Get published, get famous! Each week, we select our favorite reader-submitted photo based on creativity, originality, and technique.

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This week's Hot Pic: "Wild Monarch," by Dwayne Taylor, Salem, Massachusetts

Dwayne writes: "I took this photo in my backyard this past summer. We have a butterfly garden that attracts many butterflies. In addition, we raise Monarch Butterflies and tag and release hundreds for the great migration to their overwintering sites in Mexico. Our 2010 season ended with us having reared, from eggs, almost 900 from June through September. Of those, we tagged 594 for the migration. Hopefully, some of them make it to bring us the next generations. This particular Monarch was a wild one visiting the garden for some nectar."

Dwayne used a Canon Digital Rebel XSi.