My Best Butterfly Photos - Part VII

Continuing with my favorite butterfly photos:

Gulf Fritillary

Hummingbird Moth

Indian Dead Leaf

Indonesian Batwing

Indra Swallowtail

Julia Longwing

Krishna Peacock

Lemon Migrant

Leopard Lacewing

Lurcher

Leopard Lacewing

Continuing alphabetically with my "5" Star Photos we come to the Leopard Lacewing butterfly. This is one of my favorite photos; wonderful color in both the butterfly and the flowers -- but not overwhelming; very pleasant and peaceful colors. It comes from India, South China, and Indochina.

Leopard Lacewing

Butterflies - Part III

Still more Butterflies from the Tucson Botanical Garden:

Golden Birdwing

Leopard Lacewing

Leopard Lacewing

Julia Longwing

Indonesian Batwing

Fine Art Wildlife Photography -- Butterflies

Butterflies make wonderful photographs. There is a difference though, between a wonderful butterfly photo that shows all its colors making it easy to identify and one that I would consider "fine art."  .I have decent photographs of 155 different butterfly species. Many like the first one are very nice and show great detail:

Blue Morpho

But beyond the detail and color of the butterfly, flowers can add additional color but in a contrasting way. Backgrounds can be soft focus providing additional contrast and making the butterfly stand out more. And, of course, the composition can provide a uniqueness that says, this isn't just a photo for identification purposes. Here are a few of my favorites:

Leopard Lacewing

Apricot Sulphur

Banded Orange

Cloudless and Dogface Sulphurs