Gulf Fritillary (Agraulis vanillae)

[Joseph Przybyla]

A pretty common butterfly in Florida. I captured this image recently at the Fire Bush in my backyard. Comments and critique welcomed and appreciated. Thank you for viewing.

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, Handheld
1/2500 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV 0 ISO 4000 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed using Lightroom Classic, Photoshop CC 2023 and Topaz Denoise AI, removed a couple out of focus leaves in the background, sharpened soft left wing tip in Topaz Sharpen AI
Cropped for composition and presentation

[Jonathan Ashton]

Sorry for the late reply, I have been without internet for a couple of weeks. Looks good but parts not in focus I think a greater DOF was needed.

[Randy Stout]

Joe:

Well exposed, soft light helps. A lot of artifacts along the stem behind the butterfly. Did you mask that area?
I would have def. used a slower shutter speed to gain some more DOF and lower ISO.

Cheers

Randy