Common yet Extraordinary

So delicate, this cabbage butterfly tries to camouflage with my white flowers.

We see these guys a bunch flitting around in our yard.

If any of you are parents of little ones, you might look for and pick up the book, Clara Caterpillar for your kids. It's about this type of butterfly and is super sweet and a great lesson about what's important. http://www.amazon.com/Clara-Caterpillar-Pamela-Duncan-Edwards/dp/0064436918

I've had a heavy feeling, hard week. Glad it's Friday! Wishing you all a great weekend.

[Lin]

An instant fav for me - what lovely focus and fabulous dof!

[Julia]

Really beautiful!

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Darlene]

This is gorgeous.

[Bill Fenske]

Happy Friday to you

[Helene]

gorgeous

[Danny G.]

I love the muted tones and your focus. FAV

[Beryl Lloyd]

A beautiful capture

[KWind]

Very pretty! The coordinating colours are wonderful!

[gloria jones]

Wow...great shot, focus, dof, composition

[Jane Anderson]

I've seen these, but I never knew what they were called. I think they're hard to capture, so I'm impressed. I'm glad your hard week is over!

[carol white]

Beautifully captured, lovely detail. Fav!! 😃

[Paula McLaughlin]

Fabulous close-up and composition! I'll look for that book and I love this shot--fav!

[Susan]

Lovely, Amanda! Such great detail!

[Christine Webb]

Fab fav

[David]

Gorgeously ordinary, Amanda. Hope you can use the weekend to recover.

[tony gig]

Beautiful...Fav

[Saxa van Eijnsbergen]

Beautiful image. I must try and find that book!

[Maggiemae]

Talk about alliteration! Clever stuff! This is a picture! fav

[Veronica]

Nice capture! I've had a hard week, too! Glad it's the weekend so I can get myself back on the happy track. Wish you an extraordinary weekend!

[Leslie]

beautifully composed .... I see this type of butterfly all the time.

[Paula W]

Already fav'd but just wanted to come back and say this is beautiful. Enjoy your weekend :)

[Tony]

Beautifully delicate capture, love the muted colours. Fav

[Carla]

lovely shot Amanda x

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Fantastic composition of this smallish butterfly! Great detail as well!

[Rosie Kerr]

Hiding beauty amongst the ordinary, those sly creatures. A lovely shot, especially on black. Sorry your week has been hard on you. My hubby says "the days are long, but the years are short." We experience this daily. Hang in there.

[Simply Amanda]

@rosiekerr Thanks for your wise and very true words.

[Darinka]

Just beauty!!fav

[Issi Bannerman]

Beautiful image Amanda. Great DOF.

[Lisa Poland]

Beautiful! FAV!

[Chris Johnson]

So beautiful. Love the soft look and the white color!