Nikonian72 wrote:
From a frontal view, this flower resembles a butterfly with blue wings, and back-swept antennae. I find this side-view more interesting. Found in the South Coast Botanical Garden, Palos Verdes Peninsula.
Hand-held Nikon D5000 at ISO 200, Nikkor 105-mm macro lens, 1/50-sec at f/16, overcast sky & Nikon SB-600 flash unit with O-Flash 3/4-circle Fresnel prism attachment (fill). Approximately 1:1 magnification.