Swallowtail Butterfly

Ann McRae

300mm lens

Jack'll do

Really nice series Ann. I love the colors and composition in #1 especially.

Ann McRae

Thanks, Jack.

Large butterflies are pretty rare here, so I was pretty happy to catch this one.

ann

bendruckerphoto

Numbers 1 and 3 are my favorite. The only thing that bothers me about both of them is the big, out of focus leaf in the foreground. Since it's the brightest thing in the frame, I find it very distracting. For #3, you could very easily clone it out. For #1, not so much. The other option, however, is to burn in that area a little. You may actually find you like that more than cloning it out entirely.

Dogdots

Beautiful work Ann