Silver-studded Blue, male

[MiroslavMaric]

1DXII, Sigma 180mm 2.8 macro, handheld, native light and perch,
1/800, f/5, ISO1600, full frame,
PP: tone adjustment,
July 2016, Lika, Croatia.
Was lucky, the blue one opened the wings........

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Thanks for viewing and comments.
Cheers,
Miro

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very sharp nice colours but for me not enough depth of field. With that camera I would not worry about going for higher ISO more DOF.

[Diane Miller]

What gorgeous colors, and beautifully sharp except for that wingtip. I would love to see it sharp too -- agree on trying for more DOF with a subject like this.

I'd crop out half of the stem below the flower and go for a square crop to really emphasize the subject.

[Daniel Cadieux]

I do see what the others mean, but at the same time I like the "dreamy" feel of the image as is. Beautiful blue on pink against green soft colour scheme.

[Steve Maxson]

Hi Miro. I usually prefer more DOF, but this is very sharp where it most needs to be and my eye immediately goes right to the beautiful blue butterfly!

[Arthur Morris]

The soft light, the incredible color combination, and the elegant design here really work for me. The lack of d-o-f on the one section of wing is not a big problem for me...

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