Monarch on Pride of Barbados

I was quite happy this afternoon to get some shots of a monarch on one of my favorite flowering plants, the Pride of Barbados also known as the Mexican Bird of Paradise.
Looks nice on black if you have time.

[Junan Heath]

Lovely! Fav

[bkb in the city]

Great capture

[KWind]

Love the colours!

[Milanie]

Stunning focus - beautiful dof and those colors are fantastic. Fav

[Dinah Pinkston]

The butterfly and the flowers are equally beautiful -- fav!

[*lynn]

such gorgeous colors ~ beautiful capture ~ fav

[Valerie Chesney]

Beautiful capture & colour....Big Fav

[Issi Bannerman]

Wonderful capture. I never knew that plant was also called the Pride of Barbados. Lovely vibrant colours in both the butterfly and the flowers.

[Connie Little]

Gorgeous colours and details. Fav.

[Joanna kate]

Amazing amount of colour

[Denise Wood]

FAVtastic :)

[Dione Giorgio]

Amazing shot and detail. Fav.

[gloria jones]

Beautiful capture with wonderful colors and details

[Margaret Brown]

So colourful and lovely focus, fav

[Chris K]

stunning on black

[Jo]

Beautifully captured - and lovely on black

[Ingrid]

Beautiful with all these bright colors (especially on black - as you said) Fav!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Beautiful shot. Fav

[Suzanne]

So colourful, a stunning image

[Tunia McClure]

Wow. What beautiful colors.

[amyK]

Beautiful bright and cheery

[Lou Ann]

This is spectacular, Gayle! Fav!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Gorgeous capture fav!

[Michelle]

Beautiful colours 😊

[Harbie]

Beautiful oranges! Fav!

[Alexandra DG]

Wow!

[Lou Ann]

Congratulations on this making the TT! So great!

[Gayle]

@louannwarren Thank you so much, Lou Ann! It is so kind of you to take the time to congratulate me on the TT! I'm always surprised and excited when one of my photos is on the TT! :-)

[Taffy]

Well captured! Congrats on TT!

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Congratulations Gayle on your Top Twenty finish! Well deserved!

[CC Folk]

Congrats on your TT!

[Connie Little]

Congrats on TT with this wonderful shot.

[Issi Bannerman]

Congratulations on TT with this shot Gayle! Very cool.