By “monarch color” I don’t mean “typical” monarch photos (which, incidentally, I love to take) but a different category altogether. The following photos make use of different angles and lighting conditions to present artful monarchs.
Not that monarchs need anything beyond a standard photo. But I find it appealing to present monarchs in a different light, so to say. The following six photos are all of the same male monarch who visited yesterday.
![](https://i0.wp.com/lookoutnow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a3144-monarch-sem-9sep2023.jpg?resize=640%2C384&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/lookoutnow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a3147-monarch-sem-9sep2023.jpg?resize=640%2C384&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/lookoutnow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a3149-monarch-sem-9sep2023.jpg?resize=640%2C457&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/lookoutnow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a3153-monarch-updwn-9sep2023.jpg?resize=640%2C505&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/lookoutnow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a3194-monarch-op-und-9sep2023.jpg?resize=640%2C400&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/lookoutnow.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/a3196-monarch-up-bklt-9sep2023.jpg?resize=640%2C384&ssl=1)
And there you have it: Monarchs are beautiful. That is, if anyone required any proof beyond eyesight.
Of course, I have a traditional photos of monarchs too, as well as an overall list of Pennsylvania butterflies that I have photographed.