Conspicuous.......

butterfly resting in the wheat field. How silly is that? Bird target?
Thanks to his stupidity I got a good shot before he flew off!

[James]

A great shot. Wonderful contrast with the pale brown ears of wheat.

[Simply Amanda]

Glorious focus, colors, everything. A fav!!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Fantastic shot! fav

[Margaret Brown]

Gorgeous, love everything about it, beautiful peacock fabulous focus FAV!

[Paula W]

Beautiful shot Chantal, fav.

[Catherine Pace]

pure velvet

[mikeharris]

Very nicely done, great sharp focus on the Peacock

[Kellelynne H. Riley]

Gorgeous! fav

[Lindy]

Wonderful shot. It certainly does look like a bird target. Love the contest though .

[Danette Thompson]

Love the color against the beige.

[Jo]

A super shot.

[Myrna O'Hara]

wow I've never seen this kind before, so colorful

[Kim]

Great shot

[DawnLouise]

Super shot! Certainly does stand out

[Lorraine Hardy]

lovely contrast - great shot

[Leon Buijs]

Beautiful soft background contrasting with that vibrant butterfly, fabulous shot

[Carl Thomas]

Beautiful photo and a great capture

[gabriel]

super

[Tina Jacobs]

Love the depth of field and the contrasting bright butterfly colours against the wheat.

[DSP]

This is absolutely stunning. I love the detail and color in the butterfly. Fav

[Sheila G]

Wow, fav

[Claire]

This is a little bit special

[Graeme Stevens]

Great shot, love the colours

[Danny G.]

Very pretty butterfly, nice shot. Glad he flew away safely.

[Milanie]

That is a really colorful beauty! You seem to have more variety in colors in your wildlife - love the detail you caught.

[CINDY JOHNSON]

Really great

[Kass]

Love those colours - gorgeous capture.

[Jan Rose]

Lovely background for the butterfly.

[tony gig]

Wonderful shot and colour...Fav

[Sarah Munnings]

Gorgeous, love the contrast :) and fav

[Jen Hudson]

Beautiful capture, great detail. Such soft tones of the wheat to contrast with the butterfly. Fav

[Derek Vickers]

Fabulous shot Chantal. Fav

[Gwenllian]

Wow, clever shot! Beautifully executed, well done!

[Je77rey]

Excellent shot

[Chris Penfold]

Great shot - looks beautiful - great composition & bokeh with ears of wheat in the background

[Sam]

He sure is beautiful!

[sally agnew]

He may be a bird target but look at those fierce eyes on his wings :-)

[April]

Beautiful! Love how the light colored wheat sets off the colorful markings.

[Abhijit]

this is amazing. fav
the colours so compliment each other

[Tracie Broadhead]

wow! fav.

[Nita]

Fabulous and a fav.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Awesome capture and a Fav! Beautiful colors on the butterfly. He was so nice to rest in that spot for you.

[Issi Bannerman]

LOVE this.

[Kay Hodges]

Lovely shot and butterfly

[Junan Heath]

So gorgeous! Fabulous capture on the wheat!!! Fav

[Richard Hickey]

Incredible macro. Congratulations on making the Trending Page. Well deserved.

[Sue Wilde]

Awesome shot. Love the contrasts

[Faye Turner]

Love the look of the wheat grass! Beautiful! fav

[Kathie]

Good point. Not the smartest butterfly in the field. Great shot for you tho. fav

[Call me Joe]

FAVuous:)

[Leah]

Beautiful butterfly!!! Nice catch!!! Why a wheat field, I wonder?

[Jennifer]

Simply gorgeous!

[Decima F]

Super capture & DoF; how do you get butterflies to stay still!

[Rachel]

How wonderful to get such a burst of colour against such neutral tones. Fav!

[Rebecka]

Stunning capture!

[Susan C Clow]

Wow that butterfly just pops against that beautiful, muted tones of the wheat. Great composition. FAV

[Joyce]

Beautiful Fav

[HEW]

fantastic

[carol white]

Fantastic capture:-) FAV!!

[Maggie]

This is radical photography - genius. Huge fav.

[Nina Ganci]

glorious colours

[Lynne Hart]

Stunning capture.

[Penny Price]

Stunning. Love how you've processed it.

[Muriel Scheurer]

Fav. Such a beautiful capture of a very courageous (or silly, who knows?) butterfly.

[Denise fuller]

WOW fav

[Gena Pegg]

WOW...those back wings (?) look like huge eyes! Maybe that scares off the birds? Wonderful capture and beautiful colors. Super FAV

[Janiskay]

I believe it is a type of IO Moth. The red says I am poisonous. Plus it has eyes in it's wings which will scare of predators. Gorgeous capture wonder find!

[Vijay]

envious of this shot - amazing ...Fav

[Stephanie Swift]

Perhaps he's on a diet and wanted to keep out of the way of temptation? Or perhaps he just needed a rest? Anyway, a gorgeous capture and a fav. Congrats on the PP appearance, that's exactly where it belongs.

[Tracey]

This is fabulous love the detail and softness fav

[Shawna Schroeder]

That is beautiful, great capture!!

[Alison Hewitt Bailey]

Beautiful, I love how the colours work here.

[Denise (lyndemc)]

Fantastic shot. Wow, what an opportunity you cease. I'm with Vijay — I'm envious.

[Shepherdman's Wife]

@tristansmum Thanks for letting me know this one got on the PP. Very few of mine do these days so I don't look anymore.

[Ragnhild :)]

Gorgeous

[Andy Roe]

Love this shot. Fav

[Lena]

Perfect in every way. fav

[Stephanie Swift]

@shepherdmanswife It's the same with me; if I get on the PP at all, it's once in a blue moon.

[Natalie]

Such beautiful colours

[Tricia O'Donnell]

Glorious focus great colour

[Robin]

Superb quality. FAV.

[Sheralee S]

I think this would be the best butterfly shot I've ever seen! Absolutely stunning!

[Laetitia Petrussa]

This is wonderful! The brightly coloured butterfly contrasts so beautifully with the pale background!

[Bankmann]

This rocks; it pops! :-) Fav’ed for the intense colour and detail of that butterfly against that background. :-)

[Clare]

Stunning!! Love the bright butterfly against the neutral wheat!! Fav!

[Jennifer]

instant fav

[Jan Harris]

So beautiful. Many seem to get a shot of this butterfly but the fact that it is on wheat makes this one extra special. Lovely Chantal

[Vicki Dixon]

fav

[Richard Creese]

Looks so good on the light background.

[Danny G.]

Congrats on #1 for the week!!!!

[Gena Pegg]

HUGE congrats for #1!!! LOVE this so!

[Call me Joe]

Congrats!!

[tony gig]

Congratulations on TT Chantal.

[Alice Burghart]

Congratulations on number 1 in TT. Awesome image. I don't know how I missed this great shot in a wheat field!! fav.

[Lisa Stein]

Congratulations! Gorgeous shot!

[Tracey]

Congrats on #1 beautiful shot

[Paula W]

Congrats on TT Chantal with this wonderful shot.

[Sheralee S]

Congrats on #1, this is just amazing, you should be selling your images.

[Taffy]

Whoohoo!!! #1!!! And a double! Congrats!

[👑 AnaZad]

Congrats on #1. Absolutely beautiful.

[Helennor]

WOW, stunning shot, how good of him to pose like that for you! Fantastic capture. FAV

[Elaine]

Never got around to congratulating you on the #1 spot on TT and your double TT. Congrats!!

[Vesna]

Stunning..

[Vesna]

Fav!

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

How beautiful