Swallowtail on a Zinnia

This butterfly was huge, and stayed long enough for me to run to the house to grab my camera, switch lenses, and snap a couple quick pics before it flew on to the neighbor's flowers.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[gloria jones]

Fabulous details, colors, focus

[Gayle]

Awesome capture! Wonderful colors and crisp details! Fav! :-)

[Kahsia]

Beautiful colors.

[Diana]

Magnificent image, fabulous colours too, fav.

[Babs]

Beautiful.

[elkehochban]

Gorgeous!

[sally agnew]

Beautiful colours :)

[Paul]

Nice catch! I really like the POV on this.

[Merrelyn]

Lovely colours :)

[carol white]

Beautiful colours and details. Fav!! 😀

[wendy frost]

Wow you did well to capture this beautiful butterfly . She was surely waiting for you.Fav

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful

[Hazel]

Lovely photo full of 'movememt'!

[kay]

wow totally love this capture, I always get stuck on what angle to capture a butterfly , your shot is stunning a fav from me. :)

[Heather K]

@bkbinthecity thank you

[Heather K]

@seattlite thanks Gloria

[Heather K]

@gaylewood thanks so much Gayle

[Heather K]

@ludwigsdiana thanks Diana

[Heather K]

@moonmtn @onewing @elkereturns @hermann @merrelyn @elisasaeter @quietpurplehaze
thanks so much

[Heather K]

@pej @wendyfrost @lovingandsharing
thanks everyone for the great comments and favs.

I really was just trying to get the yellow sunflower in the background blur to make it more interesting. and this was the POV I ended up with. :)

[Lois]

Wow!

[Vince Kranz]

Nice detail. Did you thank the butterfly for waiting until you got your camera?

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Excellent capture! Swallowtails are such pretty butterflies.

[Heather K]

@loweygrace Thanks Lois

[Heather K]

@delhawk thanks, Shoots! I knew I forgot something :)
Maybe that's why it never came back?!?

[Heather K]

@olivetreeann thanks so much

[Connie Little]

Stunning image. Big fave.

[Heather K]

@littleconnie Thanks so much Connie

[kay]

totally beautiful capture and find, love the detail colour and pose....pleased you had time to get your camera.... fav

[Photo Bird]

Gorgeous colours and lovely detail.

[Mandy]

Beautiful clarity and colours.

[tony gig]

Beautiful...Fav

[Peter Day]

what beautiful colours

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up of a lovely flower and nice butterfly.

[Heather K]

@lovingandsharing thanks Kay

[Heather K]

@photobird thank you

[Heather K]

@mandygravil thank you Mandy

[Heather K]

@tonygig thanks Tony

[Heather K]

@peterday thank you Peter

[Heather K]

@pyrrhula thanks, I appreciate it

[*lynn]

exceptional photo ...fav

[Heather K]

@lynnz thanks Lynn, much appreciated !

[Barbara Kwietniowski]

What a beautiful photo!

[Heather K]

@flowerbarb thanks Barbara