Rest Stop [Contest Finalists May 2009]
Uploaded: May 21, 2009 04:16:42
A zebra longwing butterfly takes a breather among the many flowers in the butterfly house at Wildseed Farms in Fredericksburg, TX...
Exif: F Number: 9, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 10/2000 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 250, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Anita Hogue May 21, 2009
Beautiful colors and capture, Valarie! I think he is making sure nobody else gets any of this flower. #1130729Sam Britt May 21, 2009
Beautiful butterfly capture, Valarie. #7543197Dominick M. Dimacale May 21, 2009
Great timing and details, Valarie.
Dominick #7543290
Tammy M. Anderson May 21, 2009
Beautiful details, colors and composition, Valarie. #7543338Keith Butler May 21, 2009
Fantastic color capture Valarie! #7543348Ron McEwan May 21, 2009
Valarie you have great dof here, the detail and color is right on the mark, a grand close up well done. #7543387Jane Holestine May 21, 2009
The color, detail, and DOF are stunning. Lovely image, Valerie. #7543426Tammy Scott May 21, 2009
Terrific macro! #7543932Gina M. Savage May 21, 2009
Great POV and DOF...beautiful macro, Valerie! #7544388Melissa Olsen May 21, 2009
Valarie, this is a winner for sure!Shelly A. Van Camp May 21, 2009
Very Pretty! #7544525Julianne Bradford May 21, 2009
What beautiful capture and color of this wonderful butterfly Valarie! Great work! #7544664Kathleen Rinker May 21, 2009
Wonderful image Valerie, terrific color!! #7544782Donna La Mattino Pagakis May 21, 2009
Amazing details and beautiful presentation! Gorgeous Valarie! #7544869Carol Sawyer May 21, 2009
Beautiful macro, colors. details amd capture, Valarie!! #7544908Daniella Puente May 21, 2009
Like the POV so much :o) looks like taking a time to rest there... #7544946Val Feldman May 21, 2009
Anita, Sam. Dominick, Tammy A, Keith, Ron, Jane, Walter, Tammy S, Gina, Melissa, Shelly, Julianne, Kathleen, Donna, Millie, Carol and Daniella - thank you so much for your comments! #7544981Val Feldman May 21, 2009
...and Donna, too! Thanks! #7544983Melissa G. Meiselman May 21, 2009
Love the way this butterfly has folded his wings around that stunning orange flower with your terrific detail and great shallow DOF, Valarie!!! #7545075Kerry Hill May 21, 2009
Fantastic capture, Valarie!! Beautiful colours, great detail and dof!! #7545088Val Feldman May 21, 2009
Thanks very much Kerry and Melissa - I appreciate your comments! #7545180ROLAN NARMAN May 21, 2009
Gorgeous capture and great timing Valarie! Beautiful colors and details! #7545202Barbara Waldoch May 21, 2009
Wonderful pov and capture, Valarie! #7545454Val Feldman May 21, 2009
Thank you both Rolan and Barbara! #7545488Val Feldman May 22, 2009
Thanks so much Sabrina! #7546970Maria A. Gonzalez May 23, 2009
Beautiful Zebra bf. capture,excellent details,colors and lighting.Great job,Valarie. #7549752Julie Burnett June 19, 2009
Congrats Valarie on this terrific finalist!! #7650848Jeana Clark June 19, 2009
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Melissa G. Meiselman June 19, 2009
Congratulations, Valarie on your wonderful finalist!!! #7651486ROLAN NARMAN June 19, 2009
Huge congrats on your fantastic finalist, Valarie! #7651496Dianna Murphy June 19, 2009
See I told you, the butterfuly queen. Congratulations on your fine entry/finalist. WTG my friend. #7652301Kerry Hill June 19, 2009
Huge congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Valarie!! #7652757Eugenio Diaz June 19, 2009
Huge CONGRATULATIONS on your well deserved Finalist...well done!!!Maria A. Gonzalez June 20, 2009
Congratulations Valarie on this amazing Zebra bf capture.Excellent color combination,pose and details.Very sharp macro..Anita Hogue June 20, 2009
A big congratulations on your beautiful finalist Valarie!Anita #7654697
Sam Britt June 20, 2009
Congratulations again, Valarie! #7655060Jeff Robinson June 20, 2009
Outstanding; congrats Valarie on your Finalist! Jeff #7657102Carol L. Fowler June 20, 2009
Congrats on this wonderful finalist! #7657395Ann Coates June 20, 2009
Congratulations again Valarie. Well and truly deserved. The best of luck on both of your finalists in the next round. #7657774Margaret R. Barry June 20, 2009
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Valarie! #7657799Val Feldman June 21, 2009
Thanks to all you wonderful BP'ers for stopping by and leaving your encouraging comments! I appreciate all of them very much! Thanks again...vjf #7660845Tommy E. Burgess June 21, 2009
Huge congratulations on this gorgeous finalist Valarie!!! #7663051Julianne Bradford June 22, 2009
Perfect composition and wonderful pose Valarie. Congrats on this terrific work!!! #7664719Jim Baines June 23, 2009
As you can see, I'm a little s-l-o-w! A Texas-sized "Congratulations" on this magnificent FINALIST, Valarie! #7669934Val Feldman June 24, 2009
Thanks so much Tommy, Julianne and Jim! #7673862Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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