Beautifull insect

[Alexander Koenders]

I found this butterfly at the uurley morning near my house during a regular walk.

Olympus E3, Zuiko 50-200 zoom, 25mm ring, F13, 1/200 sec, ISO400, -0.3 stop, Flash

[Dan Brown]

Yes Alexander, a beautiful insect! You have made the insect really stand out from the nice BG. Nice sharpness and the exposure is right on the edge! TFS.

[Dave Leroy]

Yes, it looks like it has a winter coat on. Very nicely done. Nice and sharp and lovely perch. Dave

[Harshad Barve]

Picture perfect for me
TFS

[Ramesh Adkoli]

Very nicely done, Alexander. Apt use of flash. Beautiful BG too. A minor improvement: you may crop the cut leaves at the bottom. A bigger improvement would be to crop about an inch on RHS and 1/2 in at bottom to shift the butterfly to right. As it is facing left, moving it to right would enhance the impact. TFS.

regards,
ramesh

[Julie Kenward]

I agree with Ramesh - more open space on the left for the butterfly to "fly into" would strengthen the composition. You did a wonderful job getting great detail and colors in this image - it just feels a little too "centered" in the frame.

[Christopher Miller]

Beautiful is right, Alexander! Excellent details and sharpness on the butterfly. Agree on a bit more space to the left.

[Danny J Brown]

Hi Alexander: A little late here but I just wanted to tell you that this is an absoulutely fantastic shot in my humble opinion. Sweeeeet!