I'm not much of a macro guy but... I've got a Nikon 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens for a brief time and we have these flowers on the edge of our property that are apparently like crack to any critter into nectar. There were probably 15-20 butterflies, dozens of honeybees, and these two amorous firefly-like critters - who prove beyond a doubt that life is short in some parts of the animal kingdom - and that multi-tasking is a requirement.

The other fun thing about this image - to me mind you - is that I shot it with my D70 instead of my D300. The incredibly great thing about the D70? It will sync at literally any shutter speed. I marched my SB-600 speedlite with a shoot-thru umbrella and my new Paul Buff radio transmitters out to the wildnerness. I was getting shots with flash at 1/2000th of a second. Only catch - no one was flapping any wings - what with the nectar of the gods and all but oh the possibilities.

Flickr image #750

Saw at a riverside of Taiwan

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This was the first macro shot I attempted on my first digital camera. A Finepix 5100. I was amazed at the detail when I blew it up and saw the hairs of a leg contrasted against the ridges of the palm.

tower, this is butterfly 8 ready for take-off.

Haven't spotted this beautiful butterfly in the garden before.

Think it's a bath White or female orange tip. Taken in natural light

This is my friend Melvin. Melvin and I had lunch the other day at Fort Yargo State Park. Melvin says Hi!

A Hercales Longwing I think!

Taken in July 2007 in Tioga County, PA.You have to look closely to see the difference between this and the striped hairstreak.

Taken by Samsung Wave S8500 phone

琉球三線蝶

© Aurora Santiago

Rapala iarbus iarbus (Common Red Flash)

Painted lady butterfly feeding on valerian. Strong natural light

These guys were all over my garden last year!

青斑蝶

Blue Tiger

Taken with 200mm with 35mm of ext tubes in natural light

Cross-eye stereogram.

Red Admiral butterfly feeding on yellow bottlebrush

Borbo cinnara cinnara (Formosan Swift, 秈弄蝶)

Gatekeeper butterfly

Saw at a park of Taiwan

I finaly got a good shot at the scales on a butterfly wing.

It's hard to find a butterfly that will sit still long enough to get the shot and then one chilly morning this one came along.

Canon 400D + Canon 100mm f/2.8 + Canon 430 EX

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:) We just had a great time chasing these buties....

Bannerghatta Butterfly Park.

All are taken with Nikon D200 + 80-200mm f2.8 lens + Canon 500D Macro filter.

Hope you like it!! You will find some great shots of the same cuties at my friend Srini's stream too

www.flickr.com/photos/gsrini/ ...[ may be he is busy getting them reday !!]

I had to lay flat on the wet ground for this shot.

Saw at forest area.