Mr.Monarch's face :)

[ff151]

Lool, his mouth is open

[aProperNewbie!]

mr. monarch actually looks pretty evil close up! great shots though. i know you will have decent camera kit but how did you get so close without it flying away?

[sunsetter]

What lens were you using and actually how close was the lens to the spider?

[Dave P]

It's a butterfly
And an incredible close-up of one at that! I had no idea the tongue was textured like that.

[windrider86]

Incredible job. I too would love to know just how close you were

[epeyton@tampabay.rr.com]

Great Photo I too want to know how it was done?

[ff151]

Hey Guys

My stepson found this butterfly wounded. He gave it around to all the kids to look at and I shot away. I believe his wings were wounded so he couldn't fly away. We treated him to a piece of orange (that's what you see him standing on).

I used my D200 with the 80-200mm 2.8 lense coupled with 63mm of extension tubes. Because he couldn't fly away (wing damage) and he seemed content on the orange slice, I just shot away. Luckily I got one with his mouth open !

Cheers all, thanks for the comments,

FF

[mysticeyesx]

nicely done.