Pieris Napi

Day 99 of my 365 Photo Challenge.

After the weather was superb again today, I looked for flowers and insects in the nearby fields.

This green-veined Whitebird appeared in front of my lens. It was not easy to take a sharp picture of the little guy, because he was flying around very excited.

Fortunately, I had my Nikkor 200-500mm f5.6 VR at hand, and with enough focal length, I was able to get a picture of him.

For me the first time I photographed a butterfly from diagonally below!

I was pleasantly surprised by the sharpness, as I was standing about 3 m away from the butterfly, holding the lens in my free hand:

Vibration reduction is an excellent thing!

Have fun looking at it.