Silver Spotted Skipper on a Purple Pansy by olivetreeann

Silver Spotted Skipper on a Purple Pansy

Say that five times fast!!

Saw this pretty "lady" fluttering around the deck today and she was quite happy with the nectar in this pansy so that she stayed still while I took a number of shots. This was my favorite because you can see her proboscis stuck into the pansy!

This was also my first attempt at shooting under-exposed as recommended by another photographer in my photo club. But in my opinion it "blued" the purple of the pansy. What do you think?
Wow Ann, this is such a fantastic capture. Love the vibrant colors and sharpness.
June 17th, 2014  
That blue is very attractive and captures the photo interest! I like doing the under and over exposing as long as it isn't me!
June 17th, 2014  
Spectacular! And a fav.
June 17th, 2014  
@anazad511 Thank you Ana and thank you so much for the fav!!
@maggiemae Thank you Maggie! It's only a matter of slightly adjusting a setting in the camera. But I'm not convinced it helped this picture because it altered the color of the plant so much.
@allie912 Thank you Allison and thank you so much for the fav!!
June 17th, 2014  
Beautiful
June 17th, 2014  
@kerristephens Thank you Kerri!
June 17th, 2014  
A fine specimen!
June 17th, 2014  
Bright and beautiful! I seem to have trouble with purple appearing blue sometimes, too...
June 17th, 2014  
Great capture
June 17th, 2014  
Beautiful capture,Ann!
June 17th, 2014  
Can see why he was attracted to this flower, it is so vibrant. Wonderful shot and portrays summer to a T
June 17th, 2014  
Brilliant photo Ann, butterflies are so tricky to capture!
June 17th, 2014  
Wow! Love it.
June 17th, 2014  
great capture, ann! the colours are wonderful, i'm so thankful you didn't process it to black and white. :-) although i am getting to like black and white now. but not for this, thank you!
June 17th, 2014  
This is so lovely. butterflies are really difficult to capture so well done to you!
June 17th, 2014  
@espyetta @gratefulness @bkbinthecity @mzzhope @dibzgreasley @jackie8 @christiehicks @summerfield @salza

Thanks to all! I'm off to camera club. The winners of the Scavenger hunt are being announced tonight and I can't wait to find out if I won something! I'll be back to look at your pictures later.
June 17th, 2014  
@inertie Thank you for the fav Pinar!
June 17th, 2014  
Wow great color on both parts
June 17th, 2014  
@jackie8 Thank you do much for the fav Jackie!!
@digitalrn Thank you Rick!
June 17th, 2014  
Beautiful capture.
June 17th, 2014  
Bev
What a great capture, Ann. I have never gotten a butterfly like this. Just a teeny yellow one and that isn't very impressive. Especially compared to all the other butterfly shots - and this one is the best. Fav. I think that the pansy does look blue. But it's a pretty blue. And the butterfly is pretty too. I wish we had butterflies.
June 18th, 2014  
That purple and the details are so amazing
June 18th, 2014  
Now this is an amazing, colorful shot, nice job my friend.
June 18th, 2014  
@daisymiller Thank you Daisy!
@prttblues Thank you Bev! And thank you so much for the fav! I wouldn't have butterflies if I didn't have the flowers. I'm sure there are a lot of butterflies in Vermont! Probably more than here. Keep you eyes on the wildflowers- especially ones like this where they can stick there "tongue" (or should I say straw?) in and get the nectar. I would think that you might see some along the roads on your mountain where there are wild flowers growing.
@susale Thank you Suse!
@sarasdadandmom Thank you Terry!
June 19th, 2014  
Very pretty!
June 20th, 2014  
@vesna0210 Thank you Vesna!
June 20th, 2014  
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