Small Butterfly

A beautiful composition that pleasantly departs from the standard butterfly photograph.

Beautiful composition and color. BTW, I believe this is a moth, not a butterfly.

Great light and background.

Anyone know what it is? Does the background work for it?

A very striking picture.

What a beauty! The leaves make the whole thing work.

Excellent composition, light and DOF. This one is surely a butterfly, not a moth.

Lookds bejeweled!

I'm always impressed by your shots. The lighting on this one is perfect.

I like the composition and color of this shot. Very nice macro indeed. Personally, I perfer a more natural looking background.

I believe it is a Fritilary (spelling ?) butterfly, not a moth. You can distinguish between the two by the antenna's. A moth's look similar to feathers.

Not madly original but the composition is perfect.

I think it works incredibly well... First because the blackness really makes you wonder where this butterfly is and where it will fly to... Second, the amount of space you left above leaves room for it to fly away... Third, the rich black highlights the beatiful colors of the butterfly... Just a beautiful shot...

great timing.. hard to get those shots

The species is Phyciodes tharos, the Pearl Crescent. Nice shot!

Great job!