My butterfly bush has been overrun with Monarchs all of a sudden (I counted 8 yesterday but only 2 today, so they may be leaving for the winter). The Monarchs invariably land on the underside of a flower and work their way around. I just waited till this one opened his wings a bit and got what I was after. I thought it was cute that he wasn't holding on with the one foot.
I know I used a butterfly for the last Upside Down challenge ... just being consistent ;-)
Had the 36mm teleconverter on, late afternoon light.
PP - cropped, levels, shifted greens greener and decreased saturation on them, increased saturation on everything else, increased contrast, resized, sharpened with slight noise reduction.
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The colours are awesome, nice and vibrant, fits challenge well IMHO.
I personally would have preferred a larger dof on the wings I think, maybe thats what hurt you a bit but as fir all the 1-3's????? I didn't vote but would have given this a 6 or 7
Wonderful macro, but unfortunately the composition is a little strong for me, I think I would have preferred a little more flower at the top bringing the butterfly down to create a thirds split across the screen.
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