Butterfly watching the waterfall

...The Cascades, Macquarie Pass National Park.

Music: Don't go chasing waterfalls http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WEtxJ4-sh4

[Howard Steele]

What a combination that sure looks like a beautiful spot,great capture

[Bazza]

You sure have a keen eye for a good photo, this is lovely..:-)

[Jennifer Ruge]

Very pretty, I like how you show the place where his is about to fly gently in the background. I saw a yellow butterfly for the first time this spring out in the field yesterday. They are such graceful creatures.

[Debbie Hartley]

A beautiful butterfly and a lovely pic!

[Jolly]

What a lucky butterfly :) and what a great photo!

[Livia]

How beautiful! Great focus and composition. Feels like... a kind of magic.

[Brian Baptie]

What an absolute gorgeous capture!!

[Megan Richardson]

what a gorgeous butterfly, the focus and dof are wonderful

[Aleksandra]

Wow Peter! What a wonderful shot! Oh, and great song choice too!

[Reja]

Lovely shot and framing!!

[Sharon Lee]

Stunning butterfly

[Cassandra Hoffmann]

That is gorgeous, Peter, just gorgeous!!!

[AngieQ]

Gorgeous butterfly up against a stunning background

[Janna E.]

Beautiful composition and depth of field.

[emily tull]

loveliness

[katy]

Terrific composition and POV,Peter!

[Amanda Thepanda]

gorgeous. I would have thought it was a blue triangle from the thumbnail but it actually has a a lot more green on it.

[Leonie Mogridge]

Beautiful butterfly. It would have to be dead for me to get such great focus!

[bruni]

Such a great looking butterfly..beautifull and love your background and the focus on the butterfly,

[Melissa Pike]

Incredible! That butterfly is just gorgeous, and I love the focus here. A fav!

[trude]

wow, beautiful butterfly!!

[Pam]

So beautiful!!

[Muse]

Gorgeous butterfly (I've never seen one like this, or perhaps a dead one in an insect collection), also love the focus and composition!

[Cindy Rez]

wow this is a beautiful shot...the black looks like velvet!

[Mark Lynham]

wow! what gorgeous colours and markings :-)

[Alison Tomlin]

Amazing that you caught that still. Very beautiful

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Wonderful capture!

[Jennifer Wearing]

Stunning Peter. This is just gorgeous.

[John]

Beautiful

[Jen E]

So pretty!

[Paula]

So delicate and beautiful, especially in such a wonderful natural setting.

[Sharon]

Gorgeous capture!! Looks like a magical place!!

[Bep]

Perfect. What a wonderful butterfly!

[Nat]

This is a beautiful shot.

[Wendy]

Gorgeous butterfly and love that dof!! Such a great scene!

[Mags]

Even better and so perfect for the theme!!!

[Cathy]

Fabulous shot! I have never seen this species of butterfly - beautiful!

[Aaron]

Great lighting, well done!

[Mary]

He is just gorgeous!

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Excellent capture, Peter. He is a very pretty color.

[Sally Ings]

Simply stunning!

[Sheila]

I like this photo even better. Great green and open wing span on the butterfly!

[Matthew Ballew]

cute title. magnificent capture. very foresty, makes me want to be there!

[adobe waters]

amazing creation here peter - the butterfly is so very beautiful!

[Laurie Higgins]

This photo is brilliant! It looks so magical that I can imagine fairies living here. I love photos that bring fairies to mind, so this was an instant fave.

[Ruth Moucharafieh]

WOW!! Seriously Peter that's stunning!!! Did it bring it's picnic with it too???!!

[Marilyn Wigen]

Gorgeous butterfly and wonderful focus and composition. :)

[Jeni]

Beautiful butterfly, beautiful setting beautiful light, what choice did I have but to Fav!

[Sue Barnicoat]

what a lovely butterfly, never seen one like that before, I love the global perspective of 365

[BeckyS]

Lovely focus and composition.

[Ann Stenson]

So beautiful! FAV : )

[Julie]

Wow, that's beautiful

[Diane]

Lovely shot--wonderful, subtle colors. I love the DOF and the dappled sunlight. Looks like an awesome place.

[Clare]

Love this, great photo!

[e.gad]

What a unique butterfly and a beautiful shot!

[eva]

Simply stunning.

[Michelle]

Fantastic shot, so beautiful

[Elizabeth]

very beautiful. fav.

[Natalie]

Beautiful capture! The focus, colours and composition are amazing!

[Dane Steigerwald]

This is so beautiful .

[Al Perry]

Wow this is like.......perfect.

[Michelle]

That is a gorgeous butterfly! I had to go to the Science Center to get mine!

[Melody Hartwell]

Ooooh beautiful flutterby.

[Kerri]

Beautiful butterfly

[Robert]

Fantastic!

[Dodie]

Beautiful shot Peter.

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[Kathy Burzynski]

spectacular! What a beautiful shot of a graceful creature

[Catherine W.]

Awesome! I've never seen a butterfly this color!

[Cheyenne Rebecca ツ]

Thats a beautiful butterfly!!! Love the dof!!!

[☠northy]

wow... how gorgeous and cool is that?!!

[Sharon]

fave - one of the best shots i have seen on 365!

[Carolyn White]

I love butterflies and this one is amazing!!! Fav!

[Phil]

Don't go too close little guy....

[Melody Hartwell]

Love the gradual DOF. fav

[Anja]

Gorgeous!!!

[Susan Pigott]

What a terrific shot! I love the color of the butterfly.

[paula goff]

i like how subtle this is. the butterfly just meshes right in to it's surroundings. i like the crop you chose. i seem to tend to want to crop landscape and have been trying to force myself to use square and portrait. your shot is a good example of why i need to do that!

[Wendy Bowden]

Beautiful pov, amazing shot

[Mimi Ditchie]

Beautiful capture, I love the butterfly in the foreground.

[Margaret Eros]

fantastic capture!

[Seth Tan]

Beautiful feel to the shot

[Anna]

very beautiful! great focus!

[Jessika Jane Gilker]

Very pretty! The colors and your focus are awesome.

[Sean O'Neill]

Superb Peter.

[Stephanie Nguyen]

Beautiful colors, and now I'm singing along to the song you've linked. It's an old favorite of mine :)

[katy]

And.............congrats once again on the PP!

[Aaron]

Congrats on PP!

[Laura Thornton]

I agree, congrats on the PP. I am so glad I enlarged this. What a beautiful shot. Gorgeous butterfly!

[Debbi M]

First, that is one very neat butterfly!! Your composition is incredible. What a great shot!! A fav!

[Pam Womack]

ack, butterflies freak me out...but this is seriously beautiful!

[Mary Lou]

gorgeous!

[Vicki K]

That is such an awesome shot and brilliant composition:)

[hellcat]

Another beautiful shot... You must be a very patient photographer. :)

[Netkonnexion]

A beautiful composition and shot.