Butterfly

Daniel, an excellent image of a superb black swallowtail. I have yet to get a good image of this beautiful BF. In your image, the BF is a beautiful specimen, and perfectly exposed. I like the bg behind the bf. The light area in the urc is my only nit but overall, this is quite beautiful.

Very beautiful image, Daniel. The butterfly is nice and sharp where it needs to be - not least the legs and antennae. It might have been good to have the upper part of the near flower sharp too, but I'm learning myself how difficult it can be to get everything as you might want it with little time to shoot. This is good as is - very well composed.

Excellent image, Daniel. I have yet to see one of those.

Wonderful subject, Daniel, not easy to expose correctly as you did.
Some more DOF would help.

D&L

Hi daniel This butterfly is stunning marvelous color and detail
Albert Darmo

Fine look at this bf with sharpness where it's needed most. These bfs are tough to photograph because they usually flutter their wings as they feed. If you carefully consult a field guide, I think you'll find that this is a Spicebush Swallowtail, not an Eastern Black. The differences are subtle, but in this case the long blue area in the hind wing without an orange spot at the leading edge indicates Spicebush.