sunbathing

It seems that the native butterflies prefer resting with their wings closed so you can't see the bright orange, red, and black of this one. I can see why, though, as it blends in so well with the ground where it was sunbathing in the evening light. So beautiful in flight, but rather intimidating close up.

[Shawna Schroeder]

Wow that is some impressive detail!! Nicely captured!

[lisamarie5]

great shot!!! dont laugh to hard.... but I just want to pet him... you caught the detail so perfectly i can see all his little fur... which makes me want to pet him.... silly me

[Hope D Jennings]

Great camoflage for them!super shot April! A fav for me

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome macro.

[tingliu]

非常好的照片Very good photo

[Gerry]

Great Macro Fav

[Debi 🐩]

Beautiful lighting and detail very nice shot

[Jennifer]

Superb shot.

[belinda]

What a wonderful close-up with amazing detail.

[Heather Colgate]

Brilliant

[Rachel]

amazing close up, so much details and clarity. Stunning!

[Bill Fenske]

Stunning close up

[Leon Buijs]

Fabulous shot, great focus and details on the butterfly

[Christine]

Really fascinating to see all this brilliant details. Great close-up

[Lisa]

Fabulous!!

[Jan Rose]

This is very beautiful great pov.

[Annie D]

oh April - the detail is superb!

[Denise (lyndemc)]

After reading your comment about this butterfly being beautiful in flight but intimidating when up close, I took an even closer look and totally agree! There's nearly a scowl on that little face! An almost ticked-off look! And in my opinion, he's almost got a bird-face appearance, beak included.

[MaryBeth Dailey]

NIce job! I used to think the underside on these was not pretty..just brown. But once you shoot one up close, wow! The patterns and different neutral shades are quite pretty! fav