Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Butterfly

[Joseph Przybyla]

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

Nikon D500
Nikon 500mm PF, Handheld
1/4000 F/5.6 Matrix Metering EV -2/3 ISO 1600 Auto 1 WB, image captured at 500mm (750mm 35mm Equivalent)
Post processed in Lightroom Classic, and Photoshop CC 2023
Cropped and rotated for composition and presentation

[Jonathan Ashton]

Jo this is beautiful, the inclined angle offers detail in the wing body and head, the antennae are sharp, the flower (which I recall from last year!) looks equally appealing. Sharpening looks excellent, as does the background.

[Joseph Przybyla]

Jo this is beautiful, the inclined angle offers detail in the wing, body and head, the antennae are sharp, the flower (which I recall from last year!) looks equally appealing. Sharpening looks excellent, as does the background.

Thanks, Jon, the bush/flower is in my backyard. This past winter it got hit hard by a freeze, pretty much had to cut it down to the ground but it is already about seven feet tall.