Polydamas Swallowtail

[Joseph Przybyla]

I captured this image this afternoon at a bush in my backyard. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 80-400mm F/4.5-5.6 VRII AF-S ED shot at 400mm
1/1600 F/8 Matrix Metering +1 EV ISO 720 AWB
Post processed in Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC 2017
Cropped for composition and presentation

[John Mack]

Really like the high key look and the composition here. The plant looks sharper than the butterfly.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Really like the high key look and the composition here. The plant looks sharper than the butterfly.

Hi John, not sure what you are seeing that makes the flowers more sharp. Here is a screen captured showing the active focus point and that the depth of field was 0.05m/1.97 inches.