Common Owl Butterfly

I visited a butterfly exhibit at the local zoo with my photography meet-up group yesterday. The butterflies were beautiful and plenty. This is one of my favorite shots from the visit. I really liked the way the bokeh created leading lines to the butterfly. Taken with my new Canon 100mm macro. Yay! I have been pining for that lens forever.

[Simply Amanda]

Soo pretty in the golden light.

[gloria jones]

Excellent shot...love the tones and textures

[Lisa Stein]

@alophoto @seattlite Thank you so much, Amanda and Gloria!

[Newbank Lass]

beautiful

[Shepherdman]

Love the gentle colours in this macro. Fav

[Daryl O'Hare]

Oh, this is great and I love that I know the name of a butterfly I was photographing over a year ago at our Calloway Gardens Butterfly House! And I think you're going to love that lens!!

[Leon Buijs]

Beautiful capture, the fore and background colour complement the colours in the butterflies wings. fav

[Jane Armstrong]

Lovely image. Tones, lines, textures. Really nice. Great lens too. Mine is a permanent fixture (when not experimenting with Lensbaby).

[tony gig]

A beautiful soft capture Lisa...fav

[KWind]

Wow... gorgeous!!

[Lisa Pouncy]

Fabulous. I love my 100mm macro lens xx

[ajisaac]

Very beautiful-such wonderful light & detailing. Fav for me.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Beautiful shot with great tones.

[Shirley]

nice capture Lisa

[The Intermittent Photographer aka Blue Rose]

Beautiful. fav

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Really blends in with this background!

[Shirley]

Hope you enjoy your macro as much as I do

[Nicole Campbell]

Lisa this is stunning

[Shy Abel]

the lighting and colors are amazing

[Islandgirl]

Lovely tones and bokeh!
Beautiful butterfly!

[vstap]

Love the similarity in color

[Taffy]

Wonderful DoF and focus. I use a 105mm Macro (Nikon) and love it. It looks like you'll have a great fun with this. Beautiful image.

[Tina Mac]

LOVE that lens...it's my favorite! This is beautiful, the tones are great.

[*lynn]

gorgeous, gorgeous light and tones ... fav

[Lisa Stein]

@tina_mac Thanks Tina! I am excited about all the possibilities with the macro lens, too. I notice that you like to use your 50 mm lens a lot. Do you have the 1.8 or 1.4 lens? I am debating between the two. Not sure the 1.4 is worth the extra $$.

[Lisa Stein]

@shirleydawn Thanks Shirley. I am sure I will. I can see it opening up lot of new subject possibilities!

[Elizabeth]

Exceptional color and light!

[AmyJ]

Gorgeous!

[Suse♡]

Nothing common about this, Super beautiful

[john morley]

Stunning..fav

[Sally Ings]

Beautiful

[👑 AnaZad]

Beautiful capture with lovely color and light.

[John Falconer]

Nice shot.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful fav!

[Clare Gadsby]

glorious

[ZambianLass]

Oh wow. Always love your photos. Fav

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Lovely shot. Fav

[Call me Joe]

Favtastic !

[Louise & Ken]

Your beautiful lighting in this photo raises the image above other photos of this oft-photographed particular butterfly! It's wonderful!

[John Falconer]

Great shot. Congratulations.

[Jen Hudson]

Beautiful, well caught.

[Karen Mitchell]

wonderful!