California Dogface Butterfly [Details & Macro ]
Uploaded: October 21, 2007 18:09:27
Exif: Exposure Time: 1/500, Flash: 0, ISO: 200, Camera Model: NIKON D70s
Yuntao Liu October 21, 2007
Great capture Colleen! Very nice color and composition! Yuntao #767491eileen bedford October 21, 2007
OUTSTANDING Capture Colleen... #4958761Joan Powell October 21, 2007
Lovely image !!! #4959032Colleen Farrell October 21, 2007
Thank you, Yuntao, Eileen and Joan! #4959080Stefania Barbier October 21, 2007
wow spectacular Colleen! #4959182Colleen Farrell October 22, 2007
Thank you, Stefania! #4961432Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna October 22, 2007
Beautiful composition with wonderful details and colors, Colleen!!!!! ♫ k #4962103Jennifer L. Alder October 22, 2007
WOW!!!Glenn E. Urquhart October 22, 2007
Stunning, Elagant Beauty captured and composed, here Colleen!!! Hope to see this again!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn.Lynne Morris October 22, 2007
Wow this is beautiful Colleen, wonderful colours and details! #4962693anonymous October 22, 2007
Wonderful capture Colleen, I love the colors in this image! What a name for a butterfly! B- #4962967Sam Britt October 22, 2007
Beautiful Colleen! I had no idea these butterflies were called Dogface. That was a derogatory title kids used to describe someone who was unsightly, when I was little. Who knew it could be a beautiful butterfly, too! #4963033Colleen Farrell October 22, 2007
Thanks for the great comments and encouragement, Kitty, Jennifer, Glenn, Lynne, Barb and Sam! :DSam, I generally don't know a monarch from a swallowtail, and I was surprised by this one's name when I looked it up! :)
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Nancy (Peaches) Harker October 23, 2007
Beautiful capture Colleen. I almost did a butterfly something like this, not sure if they are the same or not.Nadine A. Lewis October 23, 2007
GREAT lighting, color, capture, & GORGEOUS image, Colleen! <>< #4967649Colleen Farrell October 23, 2007
Thanks for the great comments, Peaches and Nadine!Peaches, this is a California Dogface Butterfly, so I don't think it's the same as the one you saw. The males have 2 spots on their back wings (this guy's 2nd spot is very small and hard to see at this size). The "dogface" description comes from a pattern on the other side (top) of their wings. I just learned all this, including the fact that this is our state insect! :D #4967918
Susan Weisensel October 23, 2007
Colleen, I love this butterfly. The pink rose matches the pink stripe around the wings, Very nice. #4969709Colleen Farrell October 24, 2007
Thanks, Susan! #4972857Michelle L. Frick October 24, 2007
Wow - I love this Colleen! How perfect that the outside of his wings match the flower. Fabulous composition and lighting! #4973692Odeth Mizuno October 24, 2007
Wonderful image, Colleen! Excellent :D #4975559Colleen Farrell October 24, 2007
Thanks so much, Bruno, Michelle and Odeth!#4975794
Kimi A. Phillips October 25, 2007
LOVE the colors, Colleen! Really pretty! #4979274Colleen Farrell October 25, 2007
Thanks, Kimi! #4982386Susan Fox October 26, 2007
Looks like a winning image to me :-) #4987806Colleen Farrell October 26, 2007
Thank you so much, Susan! :D #4988780Steven E. Ray October 29, 2007
Yeah... dog face is a sad name for such a beauty. I can't get over how well the butterfly colors work with the flower. This is really an exceptional butterfly/flower photo Colleen! #5002415Carol Teal October 30, 2007
What excellent detail and perfect color Colleen! You really know your butterflies; I would never have known this was what it was called. So lovely! :) #5002770Colleen Farrell October 30, 2007
Thanks so much, Steven and Carol!Steven, I didn't even see the pink edge on his wings until I'd processed it in PS!
Carol, I had no idea what kind of butterfly this was either until I Googled "California butterflies" and found a photo of these guys! lol #5005029
Dianna Hauf November 10, 2007
Oh my!!! This is so beautiful!!! Lovely colors and composition and details! Yes, I can see SEVERAL of yours winning!!! ☺~ #5055389Colleen Farrell November 10, 2007
Thank you so much, Dianna! I really appreciate your great comments! #5055422Hayden Cannon November 17, 2007
Fantastic capture Colleen I agree poor little guy to have such an awful name. but you have captrured him perfectly great colors, lighting and details great photo! #5088148Jennifer L. Alder November 26, 2007
CONGRATS, Collen, on this excellent finalist image!! :) #5127799Nancy (Peaches) Harker November 26, 2007
WHOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOSteven E. Ray November 26, 2007
As I said above, This is really an exceptional butterfly/flower photo, I am not surprised at the finalist :) #5127898Margaret R. Barry November 26, 2007
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Colleen! #5128136anonymous November 26, 2007
Congratulations Colleen on your beautiful finalist! B- #5128952Philippe Vieux-Jeanton November 26, 2007
Beautiful.. Congratulations Colleen! #5129333Renee Doyle November 26, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist Colleen!! #5129364Susan Fox November 26, 2007
I'm hoping to see this one go to the next round :-) Congratulations Colleen!!! #5129469Cyn Valentine November 26, 2007
Beautiful..congratulations Colleen!! #5129481Cindy Bendush November 26, 2007
Congrats on this beautiful finalist Colleen! #5129708Kay E. Mahoney November 26, 2007
Congratulations on your finalist, Colleen. #5129717Mary K. Robison November 26, 2007
Luckily, that odd name didn't keep the little one from being beautiful, Colleen ~ or from being selected as a finalist!Colleen Farrell November 26, 2007
Thanks so much, everybody--I appreciate it! #5130278Jessica Jenney November 26, 2007
Congratulations, Colleen on this gorgeous finalist! #5130936Su Sana E. P November 26, 2007
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Colleen!! #5130979Tamara K. Walker November 26, 2007
CONGRATULATIONS! #5131140Daniella Puente November 26, 2007
This is awesome Colleen :))))) congrats!!! #5131358Crystal L. Craig November 26, 2007
Wahoo! Congratulations Colleen! #5131459Colleen Farrell November 26, 2007
Thanks very much, Jessica, SuSana, Tammy, Daniella and Crystal! #5131501Evy Johansen November 26, 2007
Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Colleen!! #5131679Carol Teal November 26, 2007
Hurray Colleen!! A very deserving finalist despite the poor butterfly's name! :) You know, I just noticed how the butterfly has pink around the edges of its wings that matches so well with the flower! Congrats on your finalist, and good luck in the next round! #5131884Mike D. Perez November 26, 2007
A BIG congratulations on your terrific Finalist, Colleen! #5132394Stefania Barbier November 26, 2007
huge CONGRATS Colleen!!!!!!!!!!! #5132727Barbara Waldoch November 27, 2007
Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist, Colleen! #5133070Vikram Jamwal November 27, 2007
Congratulations on the very beautiful and refreshing finalist Colleen!!! #5135515Colleen Farrell November 27, 2007
Thanks very much, everybody! #5135715Melissa Malisia November 27, 2007
Colleen, Beautiful capture!!! Congratulations on your Finalist!! :) #5136097Colleen Farrell November 27, 2007
Thank you, Melissa! #5136292Kathleen Rinker November 27, 2007
Colleen, Congrats on your finalist!!! #5137513Laurie Daily November 27, 2007
Congratulations on this great beautiful, Colleen! #5137840Robert R. Goodman November 27, 2007
And a big congratulaions to you Colleen.Beautiful capture.Out here in Az,we call them Sulfur Butterfly. #5138965Joannie Bertucci November 27, 2007
Congratulations Colleen on a very well deserved finalist, good luck! #5139960Cheryl E. Molennor November 28, 2007
Congratulations! #5142101Colleen Farrell November 28, 2007
Thanks so much, everybody! #5143708Datha Y. Thompson November 28, 2007
Congratulations Colleen!! BEAUTIFUL Work as always my friend!! :0) #5145407Colleen Farrell November 29, 2007
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