Common Blue - Polyommatus icarus

[Jonathan Ashton]

Canon 7D Canon 180mm macro Tripod ISO 250 1/80 sec f11 fill in flash -1.66
Another shot from an early morning walk.

[kostas nianiopoulos]

Verry verry nice Jonathan ! to me is a great image , i like it as it is , and i enjoy it as it is , just sit back and looking , well done !

[Vida van der Walt]

Beautiful image Jonathan. Lovely light, colours and bg. I normally prefer that most of the space be in front of the insect but also understand that we can't choose where they decide to perch and that there could have been something to the left that would have spoiled the bg if you composed differently.:)

[Paul Lagasi]

Lovely colors and details, captured here on both the thistles and the butterfly. Well done

[Dave Leroy]

really lovely colours and a very nice feel to the photo. I think it would look great printed up.

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hey Jonathan,
I think the light and comp are excellent although like vida......I might prefer with a bit more room on the left instead.....but you can't always get that.......so overall......this is very well done!

[Ken Childs]

Jon, what Roman said although I might prefer more space on the top instead of on the left. Those wings feel a bit crowded.

[Julie Kenward]

I also think you did as well as you could for field conditions but ideally I'd like more space left AND top. ;) A better angle with the butterfly more even to the focal plane would give us a bit more eye contact and that, to me, makes a huge difference. Nice light and exposure....good detail throughout...very nice image overall.