Showing Off Her Glorious Lines
by JunieMoon

Comment by antar:
great picture, very beautiful butterfly.

Showing Off Her Glorious Lines
by JunieMoon

Comment by geekssweet:
Beautiful capture!
Nice subtle colors. The focus adds much as well.
The wings seem to be backlit and those lines simply shine through.

The Sensual Nature of Emerald
by JunieMoon

Comment by klstover:
This has to be the best picture of a leaf of all time.

Preservation and Restoration of Endangered Habitats (Monarch is only one example)
by JunieMoon

Comment by jdannels:
This image appears abit soft or maybe you made a really small crop, i could be wrong, but the butterfly seems alittle oof, maybe it the depth of field or maybe its just me

The Sensual Nature of Emerald
by JunieMoon

Comment by huitzilopotchtli:
this is a great, great, photograph

Preservation and Restoration of Endangered Habitats (Monarch is only one example)
by JunieMoon

Comment by Blackbox:
I guess you're right about that.

Preservation and Restoration of Endangered Habitats (Monarch is only one example)
by JunieMoon

Comment by Melethia:
Very nice butterfly picture! Like the diagonals formed by the placement of the butterfly in the frame, and the ants are kinda cool. Somewhat title-dependent tie-in to the challenge, though the butterfly signifies the end of the progression from the caterpillar stage.

Preservation and Restoration of Endangered Habitats (Monarch is only one example)
by JunieMoon

Comment by jerryc12:
Beautiful photo and gorgeous butterfly but without the title I couldn't see how this relates to the challenge.

Preservation and Restoration of Endangered Habitats (Monarch is only one example)
by JunieMoon

Comment by Mustardhead:
A little macro-critique in case it is helpful.
I like the format and the composition, the position of the butterfly is good and so is the inclusion of a portion of the flower-head on which the butterfly is feeding.
However, the butterfly isn't in focus, it looks like the point of focus is on the front of the flower.
The trailing edge of the forewing is too close to the edge of the frame and the tip of one of the antennae has been chopped off.
The lighting on the butterfly and the flower is soft and subtle which works nicely but the light on the background is too harsh and bright which is a problem. Sometimes it is possible to hold up a diffuser sheet to control the light on the background.
Rotating the camera to take a vertical might have allowed you to eliminate that bright flower on the bottom left whicle still retaining the overall feel of the picture.

Preservation and Restoration of Endangered Habitats (Monarch is only one example)
by JunieMoon

Comment by dsa157:
crop is a little too tight around the butterfly