Busy butterfly

Now this is not a great photo but I really like how you can see her profile. She is a Blue Triangle Butterfly (Graphium sarpedon), at least I think so but please correct me if I'm wrong, I'm new at this. I rarely see these ones so I thought I was really lucky to shoot her at all. That's a white duranta she's about to land on.

[Lux Vivens]

Aaaaawesome!

[CocoRose]

She's beautiful! I can feel her in flight in this pic, great capture.

[Lisa Pouncy]

Amazingly beautiful shot x

[Jason Daniels]

What a great shot, I am envious! These guys hardly ever sit still and getting a clear shot in flight is fantastic! Well done :)

[Jennie Louise]

You say its not a great photo, but its a fave for me. ;-)

[Kimberly Mitchell]

I thought it was an angelfish first. This is great-- in flight! And GORGEOUS light!

[Jennie Louise]

Awww I've come back to view this little lady again... love the colour and delicateness of this.;-)

[Missi Bilter]

Wow, an absolutely beautiful shot.

[Sheralee S]

@jennlouise Awww, that's so nice of you Jen!

@bobfoto It really was a lucky shot, I was lucky that my shutter speed was fast enough to catch her at all. I got two snaps and then she was gone.

[Suse Fewster]

Oh, she's just marvellous! I've been trying to capture a Ulysses with no success for years - next step is to plant some suitable food. Butterflies are trickier than one assumes - and to catch this one in flight was an impressive achievement. I love the profile, the curl of her antennae and the ever so slight motion blur on the wings. A fav here!

[Sheralee S]

@microart Thanks so much Suse! The Ulysses is such a stunning butterfly, I hope you manage to post one. The Euodia is meant to attract them but I think I am too far west for them.

[Karoline Gilbert]

This is such a sweet capture! Love this little in flight beauty:) a fav!

[Sheralee S]

@bremi Thank you so much Karoline :-)

[Alex]

AMAZING! faved!

[tina leonard]

WOW. wow. incredible shot.

[Elle Steward]

SO gorgeous!!

[HUNNYBEE]

Very pretty

[Véronique Popelier]

This is an incredible shot, caught in flight perfectly, you must have been fast and a very good photographer

fav'd

[9gpie]

wow. fabulous.

[Geertje K.]

I like that you can see her tongue! wow, such an amazing capture, i have to fav this!

[Jenna Richards]

This is a really awesome shot! She is a beautiful butterfly. Butterflies in flight are hard to capture but you got her nicely.

[Chel]

So pretty! I've had these ones fluttering around my garden but they're so fast and never seem to land! Wow, I just saw from PP that you can see her tongue! Thats awesome!

[Dana Derrico]

I love the color blue in the wing! You must be so patient to get these shots! I can't believe you think this isn't a great shot though....it's amazing!!

[Sheralee S]

@photoheart definitely more luck than talent Veronique ;-)

@geertje @chel That was what I liked about it too, the probiscus/tongue and antennae.

@poggy1818 Well, I liked it but I thought everything was a bit distracting, the foreground, background, blur of the wings...

@jennarichards @mednez @luxvivens @cocorose @psychographer @callalilla @kianti @tinaleonard @srechic @hunnybee @9gpie
Thanks so much, everyone's response was quite unexpected.

[Bill Dodsworth]

Very nice capture!!

[Robin]

A beautiful blue triangle. You've focused beautifully on her in flight; so hard to do.

[Kalexa]

Mid-flight wow!

[marg]

Oh wow! It really looks like he's coming in to land - even has the brakes on! What a wonderful photo.

[Wendy]

Wow, great shot and capture!

[Jason Daniels]

@bella_ss - It only takes one shot sometimes!

[Annalise Marie]

Wow!

[Hee]

Beautiful compo & perfect timing!...great job catching it in flight.
Big WOW to you.

[Muse]

What a wonderful capture!

[X PT X]

Great Capture!

[stephanie dp]

WOW I think this is an incredible photo! you really captured her essence. fantastic. congrats on PopPage!

[Kim]

This is such an impressive shot!!!! Your timing was perfect, it turned out stunning...a FAV for me!!

[Teresa (pocketmouse)]

Absolutely incredible cature... wonderful stuff!!

[Sheralee S]

Wow! Thank you all so much for your fantastic comments. I appreciate that you've stopped to look :)

[Justin K.]

great flight capture! great timing :)

[Madeline B.]

Lovely shot! It looks so graceful.

[Britt Gow]

WOW - this is magical! How do you get the body so sharp and the wings with that lovely movement? I can't believe it's just luck. Talent, timing and lots of practise.

[Sheralee S]

@brittgow Britt, I would love to say yes but I would be kidding myself ;-) Thank you though.

[Dawn Irwin]

Nice catch!! I love that you can even see it's tongue and legs! Amazing.

[Melissa Pike]

Wow, awesome capture!

[Carol Shelby]

You have so many beautiful photos that I would be commenting all day to address them all. I think this is my favorite. Just gorgeous!

[Sheralee S]

@enrggirl Thanks for the compliment Carol. I really enjoyed looking at your photos, it looks like you live in a lovely area. I like how you're documenting your days too.

[Lacey Gautreau]

Just gorgeous! I love the flutter of its wings!

[Sheralee S]

@laceyjogautreau Thank you for looking Lacey :) It was a lucky snap.