Gulf Fritillary

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image at Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, Merritt Island, Florida. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D7000
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm (600mm FFE)
1/2000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering 0 EV ISO 560 AWB, camera supported by a monopod
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Steve Maxson]

Nice sharpness on your subject, a clean background, and I like the diagonal of the wings. If mine, I would be tempted to crop about half the open space on the left. Very well done!

[Satish Ranadive]

Excellent image.

Regards,
Satish.

[Jonathan Ashton]

Very sharp and in the correct plane of focus, the butterfly is well presented but I feel the perch is a little unflattering, the two partially hidden flower heads are distracting as is the bifurcation below the right wing. Again I would suggest reducing the yellows in the butterfly. (If you make a levels layer and Alt click the left hand slider you will see why I suggest this)