I happened to notice the first Yellow Swallowtail of the season in my garden yesterday. Grabbed the camera and went out to see what I could get. Took about 20 shots--the butterfly was not staying still, but moving from one flower to another, and from one group of flowers to another. I just posted a thread about it with two of the shots.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1036112936
As I was looking at the peek-a-boo shot, I thought about cropping it more tightly to post as an example of Macro. So, here it is. I like it for the detail of the black markings on the yellow butterfly and the black markings on the yellow/violet flower. There's also a bit of transparency of the wing through the flower which mimics the shading in the purple of the flower.
Macro: small details making the subject larger than life.
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