I would guess it is some form of Day Lily

Thanks for the background info. It adds a lot to the picture.

Like new born babes, they just melt your heart. A handful at the best of times, my guess.

You are that clever, you can now take them standing on your head, Go on!! admit it.

I would never have thought of converting this flower to B&W and yet it is so stunning. It stopped me short. It has such a beauty about it. Another lesson learned!!!

Have just also photographed this caterpillar but mine is not the green variety. I think it is an elephant hawk moth caterpillar because it has the ability to push its front forward like a trunk. Good shot

Almost everyone who has a talent thinks little of it because it comes easy to them. There is a process behind your looking, behind your seeing and even behind your clicking that is different to anyone else. Take a landscape and ten photographers and you will end up with ten different pictures. Even the greatest talent has to work within rules. That is where you are at, learning to use your ...

My suggestion...crop above the third flower above the butterfly. Clone out the top two flowers and just leave the flower the butterfly is feeding on. Clone out the stalks around the butterfly so that the butterfly stands out without anything around it. I think that is what I would attempt and it would give real impact to the butterfly

It took me a while ...and then it clicked. Interesting effort, and effective once you realise that is is a timed exposure. Shame no data recorded. I would like to try this myself. It gives all sorts of oportunities. Would you take time and share your expertise on this kind of shot. regards

Bob. Having looked again at your pic I will tell you what I really like about it. People are suckers for signs outside a shop and the nosey within us draws us across a street to read them. I want to pull up this shot just to read those signs and that is what you have captured here. Is this what reached into your mind and provoked you into taking this shot? If so, then you are on the road t ...