Flighty Butterfly Stops for a Brief Rest

I had to take almost 40 photos of this little white cabbage butterfly (thanks Amanda and Lou Ann for identifying it) as it was quite hyper in flying around. But it kept coming back to my basil plant so I finally caught one with its eyes and body in focus. The wings look quite white in the bright sunlight, but have some light color tones when the photo downloads.

[Jennifer]

Love the softness and the composition and square crop on this. Lovely image, fav

[Rosie Kind]

They are so difficult to capture so you have done well

[Rob Z]

What a beautiful catch - incredible clarity and DOF.

[Pat Knowles]

Wow Taffy, you are so patient but well rewarded, massive eyes!

[Simply Amanda]

I thin it's a cabbage butterfly. Beautifully focused!

[Diana]

Awesome capture wih wondergul detail and tones. Fav

[Leon Buijs]

Beautiful capture, great focus on the eyes

[gloria jones]

Amazing capture

[Shepherdman's Wife]

Love this Taffy. Great dof and focus on the eyes. Beautiful tones

[sally agnew]

Lovely closeup and pretty soft tones :)

[Joan Robillard]

Amazing

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Amazing shot

[Judith Johnson]

Super detail on the eye!

[Suzanne]

Fabulous detail

[Lou Ann]

Great detail! Someone said the little white butterflies are called cabbage butterflies. Don’t quote me on that, ha!

[Taffy]

@louannwarren @alophoto Thanks for the identification!! Am adding it to the narrative. I appreciate it!

[Clare Gadsby]

fabulous detail

[Pam Knowler]

Wonderful capture with great dof showing his eyes and body in focus! Well done on your patience as you finally got a great shot. They really are difficult to capture! Love those eyes!

[Jane Pittenger]

You ended up with a beauty. I lve the color nd the dreamy backgywhile the fur and eyes are sharp

[Lois]

Fantastic macro focus and details!

[Danette Thompson]

Absolutely love the dof!

[Karly]

The focus on the eyes is amazing - well done!

[4rky]

Love the focus and pov

[Richard Hickey]

Awesome picture.

[eDorre]

Love this!

[Walks @ 7]

Such a beautiful dreamy capture. Fav.

[FBailey]

Fab focus:)

[Marnie]

Great image Taffy despite these ones and I being mortal enemies. They always manage to get into our winter vegies no matter what we screen them with.

[Casablanca]

That close up is amazing! What lens did you use, out of interest? Is it a macro? I don't have anything that could produce that dof and focus on something so tiny, so I am interested.

[Babs]

Super close up, I love his goggle eyes.

[elkehochban]

Awesome macro! I find them too quick for me

[Pigeons Farm]

This is stunning

[mittens (Marilyn)]

Wonderful details in this.

[Taffy]

@casablanca It's the Nikon 105mm Micro (what they call their macro). It's a GREAT lens. It was the first one I bought after the kit lens.

[KWind]

Stunning!

[☠northy]

rather adorable... love those soft green tones

[Tom]

Fantastic frontal macro capture

[Margaret Brown]

Nice, fav

[haskar]

Great pov and capture.

[Caterina]

Beautiful macro

[Islandgirl]

Wonderful tones and close up!

[Call me Joe]

Superb capture fav

[Jacqueline]

I can’t say anything that others haven’t said but it is a stunning macro!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Great shot- yes they're very flitty! Love the detail you captured on the eyes.

[Krista Marson]

those eyes are awesome

[Kerri Michaels]

cool pov fav

[Helen Jane]

these ones barely pause for breath. Such a beautiful image. You can't have had long to compose this stunning picture.

[Skip Tribby - ​🖖]

It is only fitting that this finished in the Top Twenty! Very deserving! FAV

[CC Folk]

Congratulations, Taffy on making the TT! :)

[Taffy]

@gardenfolk @skipt07 Thanks for letting me know! I appreciate it, and thanks for the kind words too.

[FBailey]

So pleased to see this in TT:))

[Lisa Pouncy]

Very beautiful xx

[bkb in the city]

Great capture