Vanessa Virginiensis

Vanessa Virginiensis is the scientific name of the American Lady Butterfly. I posted a different view of the same butterfly the other day. I was surprised by the bright red color on the wing that didn't show up in this other view: https://365project.org/kvphoto/365/2024-05-29

[Suzanne]

Excellent and love the colours

[gloria jones]

Beautiful capture!

[Corinne]

Beautiful

[Corinne C]

A fabulous image

[Heather]

It's so pretty (yes, with the bright red on the wing), and you got a nice sharp capture of it, KV! I love your clean background as well to really show it off! Fav

[Bucktree]

Terrific capture.

[Barb]

Marvelous! And yes, surprising that these two photos almost seem to be of two different butterflies...

[Carole Sandford]

So,so beautiful!

[Renee Salamon]

Simply stunning

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Such a pretty capture.

[Christine Sztukowski]

Outstanding butterfly capture

[LManning (Laura)]

The pattern is so detailed. What a lovely capture.

[Diane]

Amazing detail and nice contrast against the dark background.

[Bill Ososki]

Spectacular!

[Bill Ososki]

KV, love this photo, but have you looked at it with about 1/3 cropped up from the bottom?

[Shutterbug]

Both are beautiful captures.

[amyK]

Beautiful details on the butterfly

[Christina]

Superb details

[Rob Z]

Such terrific details and colour

[Casablanca]

That red splash is lovely, isn't it?

[Diana]

How gorgeous, I have not seen this beauty before.

[Susan Wakely]

Beautiful.

[Granagringa]

What interesting DoF.

[Merrelyn]

The backlit image was lovely, but this one really shows the detail in the wings.

[Margaret Brown]

Beautiful

[Judith Johnson]

Fabulous image!

[Kate]

I love all the detail in the butterfly

[Dorothy]

That is very interesting, how bright the red is in this view!

[haskar]

Beautifully captured.

[Jane Pittenger]

I prefer this crop

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

Beautifully captured!

[Steve Chappell]

Beautiful