naturepics43 Loc: Hocking Co. Ohio - USA

I was out in the yard practicing with my macro rig, looking for small insects when this little guy kept flying around me and landing on a nearby table as if to be saying "Come take my picture". I finally gave in and took my rig over to the table. 3 ft away-click, he didn't fly away! Closer, click, closer, click. Had to take my camera off the tripod to get even closer until the final face to face (1:1) shot! Then he flew away. As I have never been able to get this close to a butterfly it was a great finish to the day!
Taken with Nikon D90, 105D micro Nikkor, ISO 200, f22, 1/200 with Nikon R1 close up flash unit. (1:1 was at f32)

Not quite 1:1


Face to face 1:1


Crop of above shot

Stargazer Loc: South of Watkins Glen, NY

2nd and 3rd pics. are AWSOME

Country's Mama Loc: Michigan

Very nice.

Nikonian72 Loc: Chico CA

Not too shabby!

Red Admiral (Vanessa atalanta) butterfly
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanessa_atalanta
http://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/species/Vanessa-atalanta

greymule Loc: Colorado

:thumbup: :thumbup:

danielle_andrassy Loc: Ontario, Canada

Wow! Awsome.

Murex Loc: Bainbridge, Georgia

Number 1 is my favorite. I had never seen this butterfly and I gasped when I saw the fantastic colors in his wings. The pattern reminded me of tapestry.