Wings and Petals Macros

With my Nikon D300s, Capture One, and Photoshop:




















With my point and shoot Canon PowerShot SX10 IS and no editing:
















These next three photos are of a giant swallowtail butterfly.  This is the biggest and most elusive of the butterflies who visit our flowers.  Usually, as soon as I walk outside to take its picture after spotting it through the window, it flies up