Thanks to those that voted on my Backlit Swallowtail. I don't usually like my own images, so was pleased it got some attention. Not sure what people think of it other than it did receive a good number of votes and the mention that John (Fishiee)and Gary gave, so thanks guys for your appraisal. It was a pretty hard shot to pull off and I wanted to try something different for a change. You try lying on your belly in wet grass with cow pooh, horseflies, mozzies.... ..ah ok, you do that already! In the rain?
My favourites this month were those that included interesting background detail, or brought an unusual element like flight to the picture. So for me, Ronni the Poo's in flight GH although not tack sharp, was worthy, since we all know how darn hard it is to capture flight shots without advanced skills and equipment, and for inclusion of background element, NickB's Swallowtail has to receive some comment. Obviously the butterflies on sticks
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were all still there and I won't deny there were three very good ones. It seems however,that the discussion that opened up on previous threads about the subject has not changed too many people's minds yet!