Tortoiseshell

Down by the river Esk this small tortoiseshell butterfly was making the most of the sunshine sipping nectar from the flowering hebe shrubs
Best on black

Thank you for all your comments and favs all are welcome and appreciated.

[Nicole]

beautiful caputre!

[KWind]

Pretty shot! I love all the different colours.

[Pyrrhula]

A beautiful close up capture of the lovely flowers visit by a nice butterfly. Great details.

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful capture

[Hazel]

Fav - love the crop and composition and the detail on the butterfly.

[Myrna O'Hara]

that is awesome!!

[Paula W]

Very pretty, lovely colour and detail.

[Babs]

Beautiful capture. Such gorgeous colours.

[Taffy]

So cool looking -- fuzzy and interesting.

[Issi Bannerman]

Love your image and your crop works really well here too.

[Jill Hempsall]

That's a lovely capture of such a pretty butterfly. I love your crop, and all the detail in the flowers.

[Denise Wood]

Terrific capture :)

[Dione Giorgio]

Fantastic shot. Beautiful colours.

[Nina Ganci]

wonderful for the butterfly to pose so pretty for you. brilliant capture and lighting
fav

[Joyce]

Great close up Margaret

[Sue Hecker]

Gorgeous and fav!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful.

[Yeshanghai]

Very pretty

[Kathy]

That must be a huge butterfly. Love the oranges on its wings.