Buckeye

I shot this image of a Common Buckeye Butterfly today on the North bank of Buffalo Bayou, just West of downtown Houston.

I shot it handheld in available light at an effective focal length of 105mm, f/4.0, ISO 400, and exposed for 1/400 sec, through a Singh-Ray LB Color Combo Polarizer filter. No close-up lens was used. I'd like to say I used a Lensbaby on this shot, but the radial blur on the background was done in CS4.

This very cooperative butterfly posed about 12 inches from the tip of my lens.

-CGTTL