Red Admiral butterfly

Lord Vetinari

Attracted a rather late Red Admiral butterfly to my sugar honey sprayed camelia leaves the other day. It allowed me to get reasonably close with the MPE-65 lens. These have very hairy eyes !

Brian V.

curvemeister

Wow - and a hairy tongue too!

The pattern of the compound eye reminds me of the Bayer pattern we use on our camera sensors.

Amazing pix, Brian.

blacksmith

Always sharp and good light as usual, the detail of it's eyes is amazing.

LPC

Very nice! The eye looks remarkably like the Champions League logo!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UEFA_Champions_League_logo_2.svg

Lord Vetinari

Thanks for the comments all - appreciated
Brian V.