Sulphur and Pickerel

[Judy Lynn Malloch]

Captured this image with the flying sulphur while waiting for the snail kites to return.

Nikon D300
Nikon D300 F4
ISO 400
1/600, F6.3

All comments are appreciated.

[John Cooper]

Very cool image Judy!! This beautifull butterfly has been frozen in space - almost appears to be floating!!
The inclusion of the complimentry coloured perch completes the composition nicely.
A great bonus capture while waiting for kites to return!!!

[David Steele]

Absolutely beautiful. I agree with John's comments and also note the lovely background. Would love to see this with the image, excluding the butterfly, a bit lighter though.

[Tim Vidrine]

Awesome image. Great background, perch, and timing.

[Julie Kenward]

I LOVE that you can see the faint outline of one of the curled antenna! Perfect!

[Mike Moats]

Hey Judy, what a great catch, Congrats!!!

[Roman Kurywczak]

Hi Judy,
Agree with others above about great capture........but reading some of the above comment i don't feel people appreciate the degrre of difficulty on this.........well I certainly do! If the flower was removed as suggested...........it tends to give the butterfly/moth a look as if it is floating specimen.........the legs extending because it is landing gives it the sense of flight and coming in to feed. I have done these with pretty good success............and this is still one of the best I've seen!

[Steve Foss]

Great capture! I like the flower in there. It looks like the sulfur is saluting it.

[Gus Cobos]

Nicely done Judy,
I like the contrast between your butterfly, and the dark background...:D

[Robert O'Toole]

How beautiful Judy, Love the curly probocis!

Great job and i love it as is just a trim off the top and bottom would make it perfect.

Robert

[Mike Lentz]

WOW, did I mention WOW?! This is absolutely fantastic!

[Jonathan Michael Ashton]

Stunning, what a teriffic image, you have got the butterfly so sharp and the flower too. Absolute knock out, congratulations.
Jon

[Nonda Surratt]

Stunning is the word, wonderful sharp everything just works!

[Ramon M. Casares]

FAN-tastic, nothing else to say :)

[Pramod Viswanath]

This is fantastic. Superbly frozen in space.