Monarch Butterfly

Another from my trip to the botanical gardens yesterday, these are so hard to get a good shot of as they flit off so fast but yesterday I came across lots that would stay a while.

[Michelle]

Fantastic close up and detail.

[Keith Porteous]

Gorgeous shot

[Karen]

@kporte Thanks, seeing all your fantastic close up bug images has inspired me to take a better look at trying to find some.

[Keith Porteous]

@rustymonkey the colours here are superb Karen. Lovely on that flower!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Beautiful

[Sharon]

Gorgeous shot

[Rachel]

Wow, a fav for me! Love how you got the wings open on that Monarch butterfly, so pretty!

[Karen]

@shelle_johnson @ziggy77 @sharrystar Thanks all for your comments, I was pretty pleased with this one.

[Karen]

@888rachel Thanks for the comments and the fav, I took lots of this one, and right at the end he opened his wings.

[Sue Wilde]

Fabulous detail. fav

[*lynn]

loveliness!

[julia]

Cool shot,.. hey I mucked up and your #9 comment deleted I hope you will revisit it now..

[David Briggs]

very nice shot love the angle, hope to make it to the Natural History Museum next week and visit the buffer fly garden, chance to try out the macro lens

[Dianne]

Great macro shot.

[Judith]

Stunning capture and colours.

[Loopy-Lou]

Beautiful capture

[Tineke]

Beautiful shot, love the colors

[Daisy]

This is amazing. Still getting used to my macro lens, if I come close to the detail in this i will be amazed!

[Daisy]

Fav!

[Tracey]

Gorgeous colour and detail

[Suse♡]

Gorgeous details!

[ZambianLass]

So stunning

[Anita Russell]

Stunning