The best luck yet that I have had with a flying butterfly

[JBW]

[Shadowman]

Nice use of your previous shot.

[JBW]

Nice use of your previous shot.

what previous shot he asks innocently?

[Shadowman]

what previous shot he asks innocently?

From this post.
A Strange (even for my garden) albeit beautiful red flower

[gregj1763]

Nice Brian, I love the contrast between the B&W butterfly and the vivid colour of the red flower

[Manfred M]

Now if you had chosen a higher shutter speed, that would have frozen the wing movement.

And would have introduced other issues (shallower DoF or higher ISO)

[JBW]

From this post.
A Strange (even for my garden) albeit beautiful red flower

admittedly they are the same species of flower but they are not the same flower.

[JBW]

Now if you had chosen a higher shutter speed, that would have frozen the wing movement.

And would have introduced other issues (shallower DoF or higher ISO)

Luck is the key word here. I was shooting a different shot when this lady flew past me and hovered at the flower. I only had time for one quick shot before she left. For a largish butte fly they move quickly.

[Manfred M]

For a largish butte fly they move quickly.

I think that is one of those photographic "rules". Everything moves quickly when we are trying to take its picture...

[JBW]

I think that is one of those photographic "rules". Everything moves quickly when we are trying to take its picture...

[JBW]

Nice Brian, I love the contrast between the B&W butterfly and the vivid colour of the red flower

If I had been at a slightly different angle her red spotted body would have matched the flower beautifully.

[Ziggy]

Good luck grasshopper, you have set the bar very high.

[JBW]

Good luck grasshopper, you have set the bar very high.

If i am going to miss the mark it might as well be a really hard mark to hit.