Comment from joli
Looks like you caught a bee also. Too bad he wasn't in focus. The butterfly is very much in focus. Colors and lighting are well done. Framing is well done.

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reply by the author on 13-Oct-2010

thank you, I did not know the bee was there until I looked at it on the computer

Comment from Lynnwildbrit
lovely photo, the soft focus is great against the colours of the wings,
lighting looks good, would be nice in a picture book.

 Comment Written 13-Oct-2010

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thank you

Comment from Gill Bell
A very pretty butterfly. This is a lovely shot. Good natural colour and contrasts. Good focus showing detail and textures. Great depth of field, and good light. A very pretty composition. Well caught. `Enjoyed.

 Comment Written 13-Oct-2010

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thank you

Comment from seshadri_sreenivasan
Simply Beautiful. Great timing,You have really captured the beauty of God's wonderful creation.I can't help marveling at the wing's design. The colours of the butterfly stands out against the light yellow background. Lovely composition. Thanks for sharing.

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thank you

Comment from Pat Christensen
Very pretty capture! Lovely colors and lighting, I like the hue in back ground, well done. Very soft focus around butterfly adds to the overall interest. Well done a pleasure to view. Thank you for sharing.

 Comment Written 13-Oct-2010

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Comment from Look Beyond The Lens
Initial Impression: 4.5
center of interest 4.5
creativity of presentation 4.5
color harmony - natural
technical excellence 4
technique: 4 your DOF is slightly off and thus the sharpness of the butterfly is
Lighting: 5
Story telling: 5

The circled area is distracting and would help the composition be being cropped out as would the right side of the image.

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Comment from padikeo
A lovely capture of a Buckeye butterfly
Focus-good
Colour-good
Light-good
i think i would have cropped it a little more to get the yellow foreground out

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Comment from benkolo
This is great, lovely DOF to make the wonderful butterfly stand out. Great composition and lovely colours, technically very good, beautiful.

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Comment from GaliaG
excellent show of the butterfly, good use of blur backgorund to pop it up

good colors, contrast, compositoin and presentaiotn

tahnsk for shairng

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Comment from Echo7
Another very good photo Willie. Perfectly crystal clear image of the butterfly. Love the depth. The yellow against the butterfly really makes it stand out. Nice green background. Very good detail

 Comment Written 13-Oct-2010