Episyrphus balteatus [Contest Finalists July 2009]
Uploaded: July 28, 2009 00:48:56
x Sigma 150mm macro
Tiia Vissak July 28, 2009
a cool close-up! #1160176Brett Dolsen July 28, 2009
Awesome macro Karen!!Perfect details and composition against great DOF!!Brett #7788835Kerry Hill July 28, 2009
Beautiful shot, Karen!! Awesome clarity and DOF!! #7788857Ann Coates July 28, 2009
Fantastic macro Karen. I love it how it looks like the flower is suspended in the air. #7788878Ray Clarke July 28, 2009
Wonderful light, clarity and detail Karen.!!!(R) #7788886Karen Engelbreth July 28, 2009
Thank you for the wonderful comments, Tiia, Brett, Kerry, Ann and Ray :0)) #7788902Hendrik Storme July 28, 2009
Terrific!!! #7788923Stan J. Bendkowski July 28, 2009
Beautiful macro, Keren! #7788993a2o akmal aini othman July 28, 2009
terrific capture, Karen! love the colour & detail :) #7789028Tammy M. Anderson July 28, 2009
Fantastic dof, colours and details, Karen. Great comp. too. Love it! #7789081Colette M. Metcalf July 28, 2009
Wonderful capture!!!! #7789208Barbara Waldoch July 28, 2009
Terrific shot, Karen! #7789280Joy Rector July 28, 2009
awesome macro #7789285Julie Burnett July 28, 2009
WOW, this is amazing, karen! #7789543Linda D. Lester July 28, 2009
They are beautiful and tiny!!! Great capture! #7789574Ujjwal Mukherjee July 28, 2009
Beautiful capture and presentation,Karen! #7789803Margaret R. Barry July 28, 2009
Fantastic composition, clarity, light and dof, Karen! #7790349Candice C. Calhoun July 28, 2009
Incredibly gorgeous closeup of both subjects! Truly awesome photo...a sure winner!ccc #7790958
Mike Clime July 28, 2009
Really nice macro and fantastic details on the fly! #7791112Karen Engelbreth July 28, 2009
Thank you for the wonderful comments, Hendrik, Stan, a20 a, Tammy, Colette, Barbara, Joy, Julie, linda, Ujjwal, Margaret, Candice and Mike :0)) #7791161Melissa Olsen July 28, 2009
WOW WOW WOW!Karen Engelbreth July 28, 2009
WOW - thank you so much, Melissa :0)) #7791359Bill Houghton July 28, 2009
Karen, this is an amazing macro. The Sigma 150 is hard to beat. Have a great day, Bill #7791419Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna July 28, 2009
Spectacular image, Karen!!! Incredible details and DOF!!!! :-) k #7791818Teresa Burnett July 28, 2009
Awesome macro, Karen!! Fantastic detail, clarity, color and dof!! #7792053Kirsten Kiki Kjaer July 28, 2009
Absolutely fantastic macro shot, Karen. SUPERBly composed and with excellent details and dof.Renee Doyle July 29, 2009
SUperb macro work Karen!!!!!! #7792540Karen Engelbreth July 29, 2009
Thank you for the wonderful comments, Bill, Kitty, Teresa, Kirsten and Renee :0)) #7792553A P July 29, 2009
AWESOME macro, Karen #7794259Karen Engelbreth July 29, 2009
Thank you so much, Ann :0)) #7794366frank w. degenhardt July 29, 2009
Karen- MY MY Girl. You are a master of the macro. This is such an incredible look. Love the way the plant is almost suspended there and the way you blended the plant and background. Then there is the bee and wow, your foucus was so percise and brought out the gorgeous colors and the fabulous design of the bee. This on will be back.Karen Engelbreth July 29, 2009
Frank - thank you for the most wonderful comment - you are fantastic :0)) #7795760Zsuzsanna M. Szugyi August 17, 2009
Congratulation Karen! #7857746Karen Celella August 17, 2009
Congratulations on your wonderful finalist Karen. This is truly an amazing capture. Good luck in the winners circle. #7858001Julianne Bradford August 17, 2009
Wow Frank was right..this is stunning! Congrats on your finalist award Karen! #7858077Tammy Scott August 17, 2009
Awesome finalist! Congratulations! #7858575Val Feldman August 17, 2009
An incredible shot and such a well-deserved Finalist, Karen...Best of Luck in the upcoming rounds! Val #7858908Deborah Lewinson August 17, 2009
Gorgeous macro, Karen, congratulations on your finalist!Debby #7859039
Ann Coates August 17, 2009
Congratulations Karen on this fantastic finalistt. #7859187Kelly S. Cavanaugh August 17, 2009
Excellent capture, Karen!! Congratulations! #7859574Evy Johansen August 17, 2009
Fantastic close up, Karen!! Tillykke, tillykke!! Held og lykke I næste runde!! #7859762Terry Cervi August 17, 2009
Beautifully captured, Karen! Congrats on your Finalist! #7859898Teresa Burnett August 17, 2009
Huge congratulations on this fantastic Finalist, Karen!! Best of luck in the next round!! #7859964Mary K. Robison August 17, 2009
What a gem of a macro, Karen!Linda L. Ruiz August 17, 2009
This is such an awesome macro. Congrats on your finalist. #7860621Maria Warren August 17, 2009
Congrats on your finalist!!!! #7860673Karen Engelbreth August 18, 2009
Thank you so much, Julianne, Valarie, Tammy, Debby, Ann, Kelly, Evy, Terry, Teresa, Mary, Linda and Maria :0)) #7860721Stefania Barbier August 18, 2009
huge congratulations on your SPECTACULAR finalist!!! #7860724Barbara Waldoch August 18, 2009
Congratulations on this gorgeous Finalist, Karen! #7860763Marilyn K. Lincecum August 18, 2009
Awesome imgae, Karen. Congratulations on your finalist and good luck in the next round!!!! #7861993Linda Blair August 18, 2009
Awesome...such clarity and great comp...congrats on finalist!!!!!!! #7861994Eugenio Diaz August 18, 2009
Congratulations on this AMAZING Finalist, Karen! #7862256Margaret R. Barry August 18, 2009
Congratulations on this awesome finalist, Karen! #7862972Susan M. Campbell August 18, 2009
This is an awesome shot Karen. A very well deserved finalist! #7863141Kirsten Kiki Kjaer August 18, 2009
I agree with everyone else, Karen. This is an awesome macro. Very beautiful. I bet we'll see it again soon. #7863153Kirsten Kiki Kjaer August 18, 2009
Øh - og selvfølgelig. STORT tillykke!!! #7863155Nadya Johnson August 18, 2009
Congratulations Karen, on your wonderful finalist! #7863301Daniella Puente August 18, 2009
Congrats on this beauty Karen! #7863313Karen Engelbreth August 18, 2009
Thank you so much, Stefania, Barbara, Marilyn, Linda, Eugenio, Margaret, Susan, Kirsten, Nadya and Daniella :0)) #7863413Stephen Zacker August 18, 2009
Fantastic capture and macro. Congratulations #7863855Karen Engelbreth August 18, 2009
Thank you so much, Stephen :0)) #7863869Renee Doyle August 18, 2009
Congratulations on this wonderful finalist Karen!! #7864327Patrick Rouzes August 18, 2009
CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist, Karen!!! #7864857Graeme yew Chow August 18, 2009
Congratulations ! Karen. Terrific finalist and I like the head in focus and the rest blurred. #7865392Karen Engelbreth August 18, 2009
Thank you so much, Renee, Patrick and Graeme :0)) #7865504Usman M. Bajwa August 18, 2009
CONGRATS......WTG #7865654Ujjwal Mukherjee August 19, 2009
Congratulations,Karen!!! #7866122Marijana Fajgl August 19, 2009
Big congratulations on your fantastic finalist, Karen! #7866446Karen Engelbreth August 19, 2009
Thank you so much, Usman, Ujjwal and Marijana :0)) #7868639Laurie Daily August 22, 2009
Absolutley stunning!!! Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Karen! #7877123Karen Engelbreth August 22, 2009
Thank you so much, Laurie :0)) #7877673Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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