Calycopis cecrops (Red-banded Hairstreak)
I went out after butterflies this afternoon. It was quite warm and they were all over the place, especially on the black-eyed Susans. This is one of two that I photographed. The other was an Eastern Tailed-Blue (Cupido comyntas) but they were not as good so that will have to wait for another day. I’m pretty happy with this picture, though. The tricky thing is to get both the head and the trailing edge of the wing in focus at the same time. I also like the fine line shadow of the antenna on the wing.