Gulf Fritillary

[Mitch Carucci]

Nikon D7000 & Sigma 120-500mm @500mm. F11 @ 1/640th.

(Couldn't get any closer, so no hope of using macro)

[Jonathan Ashton]

Lovely colours and composition,I suppos ethe leaf bottom right is slightly distracting but it does not spoil the image for me. The butterfly looks beautiful but the fine detail is not quite there. I wonder if perhaps the flower head was the focal point??

[Bob Miller]

Mitch....nice composition and the bfly to me looks great but the flower pod looks too gray to me. I would add some white to it!

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Mitch. Nice comp, colors, and exposure and good use of the large "Macro" lens! Also nice DOF to get much of the flower sharp. To my eye, the body, legs, antennas, and hind wings of the butterfly look a bit oversharpened - this would be an easy fix to an already strong image! :S3:

[Mitch Carucci]

Thanks Jonathan, Bob, and Steve. I will try out your suggestions when I work on printing this pic.