Curly tongue/proboscis make me giggle. xD Excellent shot!

They are rather fun to watch, yes. :3

Cool. Butterflies never want to sit still, so you did an exceelent job getting this shot ^_^

Thanks! It did take a bit of patience. :3

great shot!

Thank you. :3

Oooh, magical!

Butterflies are enchanted and sparkly.

then when his tiny tummy's full he cuts loose a wing-shuddering belch! *urrrrp*

butterflies are freaky. ^.^

Butterflies... nature's own crude slobs. :P

Gorgeous! Just gorgeous!

Thanks! This one took a lot of patience. :3

a wonderful, up close and personal shot, as always ^^ great job man.

i would love to know, what your secret is, as to how you get your colours so vivid. every shot ive seen by you so far, has beautiful bright colours that are like "pow in your face!" :P

Heh... that's quite a compliment. :3

Not much of a secret. First thing is, I'm a big fan of shooting with Canon digital. I haven't tried Nikon or some of the other competing brands, but based on my good experiences with Canon it's going to be tough to get me to switch.

Also, I have the best luck shooting in direct sunlight. I'm sure that more experienced photographers know ways of shooting around low light, but that's never worked out too well for me. Direct sunlight = vibrant color.

Finally, poor or weak color can always be tweaked in Photoshop. I often crop the framing of my shots (usually by trimming dead space off the sides or top), and sometimes while I'm at it I'll adjust the color balance if it seems like there's too much yellow, or not enough red, or what have you. It can take quite a bit of futzing to get the colors to really snap.

Wow. just wow!

Butterflies are awesome. :3

That's excellent

I was pretty pleased with this one, yah. :3

Ugh, I hate to admit it... BUT I LOVES BUTTERFLIES SO MUCH D=

This is so cute. I love the little proboscis (or "straw" as I say), and the adoreable buggy compound eyes... the dainty antennae... SO CUTE x3

Jhgerhgnbrthi it's so cute! I must +fav.

No shame in loving butterflies. :3

I've always wondered what flowers taste like to them.