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Posted by MaryB (Staffordshire, United Kingdom) on 5 September 2007 in Animal & Insect and Portfolio.
Back to the butterfly farm for this one, and for the next couple of days.
I really must say a BIG thank you to everyone for the wonderful comments on yesterdays experiment, sorry I've not had time to thank you all personally :)
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Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome :)
I really appreciate all your comments, thank you so much. I'm only sorry I've not got time to respond. I do read all the comments and will try to answer any questions you have
Lost Valley View from Kamloops, British Columbia (west coast), Canada
Prettyyyyyy very pretty look at the colors you captured..which setting for this can you tell me??
5 Sep 2007 5:29am
@Lost Valley View: Thank you LV, I took this at a Butterfly Farm in Stratford upon Avon, (Shakespears birth place) here in the UK :) I hope that this is what you asking :)
Manuela Photography from Hainburg, Germany
Another good catch! Did you have fun there?
5 Sep 2007 8:11am
@Manuela Photography: Oooo! Manuela is was brillant, all the beautiful butterflies flying free. I had them land on me which was strange, they seemed to like landing on my camera too!
Sriram from Chennai, India
Lovely image! spot on work on the object!
Loved all your recent work!
Best wishes!
5 Sep 2007 9:51am
@Sriram: Thank you very much Sriram, your very kind, my best wishes to you too :)
Paulo from Peso da Régua, Portugal
Beautiful close up, very well framed! Nice colours!
5 Sep 2007 10:03am
@Paulo: Thank you Paulo, it was a wonderful place to visit, I've never seen so many butterflies as I saw that day :)
medam961 from Bosnia and Herzegovina
Beautiful colors; butterfly and flowers! Wonderful photo, as always!
5 Sep 2007 10:17am
@medam961: Thank you medam I really appreciate your very kind comments :)
@Shutterbug: Thank you Shutterbug :)
Wolfgang Prigge from Canada
What can show more beauty than butterflies and flowers? Very nice one! For one similar I took in the ditch in front of our house go to my personal website at web.mac.com/wolfgang.prigge1, open the album "My favorite photos" and scroll down about three quarters. Sorry, the album might take some time to load.
5 Sep 2007 10:39am
@Wolfgang Prigge: Thank you Wolfgang for your continued support and lovely comments :)
I will take a look, thank you.
@Lorraine: Thank you Lorraine, it was a magical place to visit, my husband said the look on my face as we were surrounded by all the wonderful butterflies was priceless LOL :D
Rebecca from Leicester, United Kingdom
This is so very pretty, Mary! :) I love the contrast of colours of the orangey reds of the flowers + yellows of the butterfly, with the greens, black and white! And there is such delight in the meeting of that butterfly with the flower! :)
5 Sep 2007 11:37am
@Rebecca: Thank you Rebecca, If ever you get the chance to visit this or any Butterfly farm then go, it's a truly magical experience :)
@Evi: Thank you Evi, being amongst these beautiful creatures was magical :)
@badala: Thank you badala, it was like being in fairyland a very magical experience :)
Eleftheria from Athens, Greece
Beautiful. The colors are so nice! Bravo Mary! :-)
5 Sep 2007 12:17pm
@Eleftheria: Thank you Eleftheria, butterflies are wonderful creatures :)
Rob from Velveetaville, United States
Very nice MB. I rarely make suggestions but maybe if the background was a little less distracting it would push this image over the edge for me. It just seems a little busy to me.
Still, nice job
R
5 Sep 2007 1:06pm
@Rob: Thank you Rob, I agree with the busy background, being a distraction, it does take something away from this capture. I took this one from a few different angles but I just couldn't get away from the background! Tomorrows is less busy :) Thank you I apprieciate your imput on this one :)
Rebel Szczesny from Big Apple - NYC, United States
Dazzle. Dazzle. Spendid image. Wonderful colorations.
5 Sep 2007 1:11pm
@Rebel Szczesny: Awww! Cheers RS, the place was alive with butterflies and colour :)
@jelb: Thank you jelb :)
It was very difficult to get near enough to capture some of these beautiful butterflies, they were so fast :)
Bob Israel from Brookfield, WI, United States
Mary, this is one of my favorities in your portfolio. Nicely Done!
5 Sep 2007 2:44pm
@Bob Israel: Wow! thank you Bob, thats a great compliment, and I greatly appreciate it :)
tyan from Singapore, Singapore
oh man.....
what can i say mary!Simply breath taking...whoo hoo!!!
5 Sep 2007 2:47pm
@tyan: Awww! thank you tyan, your comments are always so encouraging and very kind, Bless you hun :)
@Brian: Brian thank you for your lovely comments, I really appreciate them :)
Laurie from Lincoln, United States
Amazing shot! I love the detail and the colors on the butterfly! And the image is just so sharp! Wonderful! Nice job! =-)
5 Sep 2007 4:28pm
@Laurie: Thank you Laurie, when I saw all the butterflies, I was so amazed, it's a wonder I took any photos at all LOL :D we got a free return visit so I hope to go again soon :)
Mandy from Johannesburg, South Africa
This is an extraoridnary shot maryB. Really awesome. I love your colours. The orange really caught my eye!!!
5 Sep 2007 6:14pm
@Mandy: Thank you Mandy :)
Orange is one of my favourite colours, I was really happy when this little butterfly landed on this one.
@LuisRodrigues: Thank you Luis :)
they were fantastic creatures, with such amazing colours and detail.
@Ali Reza: Thank you Ali, they were a great pleasure to see and to photograph :)
R from Nowhere and Everywhere, United States
I can not get over the detail in this shot !!! good googli moogli !!
6 Sep 2007 5:14am
Panasonic DMC-FZ7
1/100 second
F/4.0
ISO 100
36 mm (35mm equiv.)