little butterfly

I was taking some shots today and randomly found this tiny butterfly on a flower bud. There is so much detail and its only about the size of a fingernail! I've got to post one more shot with its wings closed.
My first theme pic!

[Meagan Aaron]

Neato! Butterflies are hard to capture!

[elkehochban]

Stunning shot!

[jerry plume]

@meggageg @timandelke Thank you! :) This guy stayed put while I went back to the truck and changed lenses!

[Lori Rompolski]

wow, great DOF...gorgeous

[jerry plume]

@loriromp Thank you, Lori!! :)

[Jen Dee]

Beautiful detail!

[jerry plume]

@jendee3 Thank you!!

[Bibi Raid]

Oh, I love it! The flower, the butterfly and the background... very nice!

[jerry plume]

@eleanorrigby Thank you so much!!

[Angie Vega ☮♥ シ]

wow i love this...the angle, the dof, the lighting...love it

[jerry plume]

@angievega Thank you! :)

[Paula Fontanini]

Oh my.....this is really spectacular! Amazing color, clarity and dof! Amazing detail, especially when enlarged!

[jerry plume]

@bluemoon Thanks, Paula! It's an HDR, just toned down.

[Bill Dodsworth]

Lovely pic!

[jerry plume]

@bill_d Thank you, Bill!!

[jennylee]

gorgeous, what an incredibly cute butterfly! :)

[Atalitude]

Spectacular DOF! gorgeous subject and colors.

[Justin K.]

good shot. what lens did you use for this?

[jerry plume]

@jennylee @atalitude @deliriousoul Thanks, guys! It was shot with a Canon 100mm macro lense.

[Britt Gow]

Fabulous theme shot - but don't forget to add the tag: "theme-natureupclose"

[jerry plume]

@brittgow Thanks, Britt! I'll do it.

[Sheralee S]

Beautiful shot, the butterfly is so pretty with the band of white and lovely colour in the centre. Lovely bokeh also.

[jerry plume]

@bella_ss Thank you, Sheralee! It was such a little cutie!

[Jonna]

Wow, this is beautiful!!! I love the softness of it, the lighting, and the blurred background... A fav!!!

[jerry plume]

@jonna Thanks, Jonna! He was so small I almost steped on it! :)

[kammy]

so beautiful!!

[jerry plume]

@kammy Thank you, Kammy!

[Kaitlyn]

So Pretty!! :)

[jerry plume]

@kaitlyn16 Thank you, Kaitlyn!

[Nadin Nikitina]

Wonderful macro! :)

[jerry plume]

@laki Thanks, Nadin! :)

[Frances Chaloner]

Super shot I love the background - nice bokeh

[jerry plume]

@whippeteer Thanks, Frances!

[Sian Lister]

Wow, this is wonderful

[jerry plume]

@sianlister Thank you, Sian!

[Rach_who]

Perfect shot of this gorgeous little critter.

[sherwin salonga]

delightful

[jerry plume]

@rach_who Thank you, Rach!
@scorpio_sbs Thanks, Sherwin!

[Tasha]

thats really pretty!

[karlyh]

Another fave!! Wow... I love everything about this!

[jerry plume]

@fredthesnowoman Thank you, Tasha! :)
@karlyh Thank you so much, Karlyh!

[Tracy]

beautiful :) was this your first PP shot?

[jerry plume]

@tracywilliams No, it never made it! When I started 365 I didn't really know the system of commenting and following. I think my first PP was the "Father Daughter Dance" shot

[Tracy]

I just faved that :D beautiful!

[jerry plume]

@tracywilliams Yay! :D Thank you! :)