Canon Rebel XS with Canon EF 300mm f/4L IS USM and Canon EF 1.4x II Extender
@ 420mm, 1/500, f/8, ISO 400


I was leaving the trail to head to Point Reyes National Seashore from Pinnacles National Monument. Saw this beautiful butterfly fly around me a few times and then land on these flowers. So I just had to get a shot. So hard to take shots at macro focusing distances and 420mm. I put the camera to manual focus and the minimum focus distance, but I kept taking shots with the back wing in focus. Finally I got some good shots with the head/face in focus.


Had to do some burning and dodging because 11am sun is just to harsh! Flowers were overexposed and the butterfly was slightly underexposed. Like how it came out though.


Anybody know the name of the butterfly?