"Swallowtail"

This photo of mine took 1st place in September in the Class B division. The Class B division is for most new members and amateur photographers. I'm in that category for now. Each 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Honorable Mention, plus submitting a photo is given a specific number of points. I know that at some magical number at the end of the year some with the required number of points will be moved up to Class A for the next year.

Again, I took this in my backyard around noon. I just had gone out the back door of the patio and here was this beautiful butterfly on one of the zinnias that was growing along the path to the tool shed. It posed for me just long enough to take two photos, one which was out of focus and this one. Lucky me!