Long lens luck ...

[Clicker]

Just  testing my long lens  through the window in the hall  for Focus as I missed a bull finch on the hanging basket  earlier, when the butterfly just landed on the lobelia in a hanging basket 12 feet away whilst I  was  actually looking through the viewfinder and adjusting the focus... 

Never look a gift horse ....... 

[Denis]

That is beautiful !

[JohnP]

Well caught Polly... Nice shot.!

[Clicker]

Thanks Denis ... lucky that wasn’t  it ?.. 

Thank you ... I presume it’s a Small White JohnP.....  

Luckily there was a really nice dark background which helps  to isolate it well too ...  

[johntwo]

Nicely composed with the perfect BG.  Even the yellow spot in the top RH corner doesn't seem out of place.

[Clicker]

There are some yellow rose of Sharon on the far side of the courtyard.... I did crop the original  that had a few more showing...  I’ll post the original pic  when the football’s finished...  sadly the Magpies are losing.... 

[JohnP]

Polly... it's a female Large White. The brilliant white wings have black tips to the forewings, extending down the wing edge. Females have  spots on the forewings, which are not present in males.

[Clicker]

Oh thanks John P.. I knew you would be able to tell  exactly  what it was ....  

[johntwo]

1 hour ago, Clicker said:

There are some yellow rose of Sharon on the far side of the courtyard.... I did crop the original  that had a few more showing...  I’ll post the original pic  when the football’s finished...  sadly the Magpies are losing.... 

 

Highlights sometimes distract.  In this case it adds some depth.  

[Clicker]

 This is the original sooc ....  just  a 30 pixel  stroke added and a size reduction. I did  reduce the luminance of the yellow a bit from this as you can see Johntwo ... compositionally it needed a crop  but I  didn't ever want to remove the yellow ...as you say ... it adds depth and context  for me.