One From the Side

[Ziggy]

C&C welcome.

[Dave A]

Great color and clarity, well done.

Dave

[bnnrcn]

Beautiful

[Rainforest]

Another beauty :-)

[Geoff F]

I find a lot of butterflies actually look better from the side, like this one, than the conventional wings fully open scenes.

[chauncey]

superative

[Shadowman]

Nicely done.

[NorthernFocus]

Another awesome shot, Jim. What lens are you shooting to get that lovely bokeh?

[Urbanflyer]

Love the shot! A great perspective!
Might consider using negative selective sharpening on the two flowers in the lower left corner foreground.

[billtils]

I find a lot of butterflies actually look better from the side, like this one, than the conventional wings fully open scenes.

Totally agree Geoff, but getting one in a suitable pose is another matter. The only times I've encountered an obliging 'fly it has always been a Red Admiral which is much more photogenic in "wings fully open" mode

[mugge]

A different perspective and it works for me.
Cheers Ole

[Geoff F]

Getting absolutely square on to the subject in order to prevent some out of focus areas with a shallow focus depth is always a problem. So often they fly away while I am attempting to get myself into that perfect position. Which is doubly difficult when struggling to move a tripod in dense undergrowth.

[Ziggy]

Thanks all for the comments, it's appreciated.

Another awesome shot, Jim. What lens are you shooting to get that lovely bokeh?

Dan I use and older P&S bridge camera (Panasonic FZ35) to take shots of the critters. As far as the bokeh I concentrate more on finding a good background that finding a good subject if that makes any since.