The first butterfly this spring [Contest Finalists April 2009]
Uploaded: April 16, 2009 04:57:06
x Sigma 150mm macro
Bonnie C. Lackey April 16, 2009
The grape hyacinths make a great bg for this gorgeous butterfly! #1114433frank w. degenhardt April 16, 2009
Karen- Your first butterfly couldn't have been a more beautiful one. I love the fasinating markings of the wings on this one and the eyes on it. Gorgeous colors and awesome features of this beauty. Love the beautiful contrasting colors of the flowers. Excellent composition and a delightful image. Bet you were so excited, know I would have been.Usman M. Bajwa April 16, 2009
Great shot with lovely colors and pov, Karen.Usman. #7410630
Derek D. Dafoe April 16, 2009
Super Karen!! Love the color and detail you captured!! #7410747Melissa Olsen April 16, 2009
Karen, this is a stunning capture! #7410947Tiia Vissak April 16, 2009
great colors, details & dof! #7411013Julianne Bradford April 16, 2009
Beautiful color and capture! #7411088Nadya Johnson April 16, 2009
Beautiful! The colors and the details are superb! I see your grape hyacinths are out... haven't spotted any here, as yet. This year, Spring seems mighty slow in coming. Stunning macro, Karen! #7411482Karen Engelbreth April 16, 2009
Thank you for the wonderful comments, Bonnie, Frank, Usman, Derek, Melissa, Tiia, Julianne and Nadya :0)) #7411525Laura E. Swan April 16, 2009
Ooooo! WHAT A BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN! So very lovely and on that gorgeous flower! Breathtaking! :)Into fav's it went! -Laura #7411577
Renee Doyle April 16, 2009
She's a beauty Karen!!! Wonderful colours, design and clarity!! #7411689Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 16, 2009
The butterfly is gorgeous and your capture of it is perfect, Karen!!! :-) k #7411758Carol Sawyer April 16, 2009
Beautiful capture, colors and details, Karen!! #7411977Karen Engelbreth April 16, 2009
Thank you for the wonderful comments, Laura, Renee, Kitty asn Carol :0)) #7411989Tammy M. Anderson April 16, 2009
Love the colors on this beautiful butterfly and capture, Karen. #7412108Barbara Waldoch April 16, 2009
Looks beautiful, Karen! #7412151Sam Britt April 16, 2009
Beautiful macro, Karen. #7412178Karen Engelbreth April 16, 2009
Thank you for the wonderful comments, Tammy, Barbara and Sam :0)) #7412808Evy Johansen April 16, 2009
Wow... Very beautiful macro, Karen!!Margaret R. Barry April 17, 2009
Fantastic capture, Karen. Great detail, colors and clarity! #7412984Paul E. Earl April 17, 2009
This really gorgeous! A beautiful image, Karen! #7413204Karen Engelbreth April 17, 2009
Thank you so much, Evy, Margaret and Paul E :0)) #7413705Lisa J. Boulden April 22, 2009
Oooooh!Karen Engelbreth April 22, 2009
Thank you so much, Lisa :0)) #7431106JO ANN CLEVELAND April 25, 2009
How cool Karen, those circles look like eyes and they scare other "enemies" away!Beautifully done
jo ann c. #7448985
Karen Engelbreth April 25, 2009
Thank you so much, Jo Ann :0)) #7449088Cindy Bendush April 30, 2009
Wonderful capture Karen - great color and composition! I haven't seen this variety - its gorgeous! #7470754Karen Engelbreth April 30, 2009
Thank you so much, Cindy :0)) #7470999Tiia Vissak May 26, 2009
Congratulations! #7559954Pat Gamwell May 26, 2009
WTG, girl! Big congrats! #7559976Jennifer L. Alder May 26, 2009
The colors are amazing! Congrats, Karen! :) #7560380Aimee S. McMaster May 26, 2009
.....beautiful Karen......warm congratulations...Aimee #7560384Stefania Barbier May 26, 2009
congratulations on your wonderful finalist! #7560746Karen Engelbreth May 26, 2009
Thank you so much, Tiia, Pat, Jennifer, Aimee and StefANIA :0)) #7560891Kara L. Hendricks May 26, 2009
#7561660Renee Doyle May 26, 2009
So beautiful!! Congratulations once more Karen!! #7562479frank w. degenhardt May 26, 2009
Beautiful Finalist my friend. Congratulations and best of luck in the next round. #7562533Eugenio Diaz May 26, 2009
Congratulations on your AMAZING Finalist…Well done!Susan M. Campbell May 26, 2009
Awesome!Evy Johansen May 26, 2009
Congratulations on this beautiful finalist, Karen!! #7563923Barbara Waldoch May 26, 2009
Congratulations on your beautiful Finalist, Karen! #7564238Karen Engelbreth May 26, 2009
Thank you so much, Kara, Renee, Frank, Eugenio, Susan, Evy and Barbara :0)) #7564254Kirsten Kiki Kjaer May 26, 2009
This is a beauty, Karen. Congratulations on both your finalists this month. #7564641Karen Engelbreth May 26, 2009
Thank you so much, Kirsten :0)) #7564660Mary K. Robison May 27, 2009
Gorgeous macro, Karen!Karen Engelbreth May 27, 2009
Thank you so much, Mary :0)) #7565841Cheryl E. Molennor May 27, 2009
Congratulations on this awesome finalist! #7566598Margaret R. Barry May 27, 2009
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Karen! #7566684Mukesh Srivastava May 27, 2009
Huge congrats for the excellent Finalist and good luck for next round!!!!! #7566825Karen Engelbreth May 27, 2009
Thank you so much, Cheryl, Margaret and Mukesh :0)) #7567401Laurence Saliba May 27, 2009
AWESOME!!!! A BIG Congrats Karen!!! #7567686Nadya Johnson May 27, 2009
Congratulations on your outstanding finalist, Karen! #7567912Karen Engelbreth May 27, 2009
Thank you so much, Laurence and Nadya :0)) #7568014Sam Britt May 27, 2009
Congratulations on this terrific finalist, Karen! #7568387Karen Engelbreth May 27, 2009
Thank you so much, Sam :0)) #7568509Dianna Murphy May 27, 2009
Wonderful image, congratulations on your finalist. Dianna #7568641Karen Engelbreth May 27, 2009
Thank you so much, Dianna :0)) #7568724Raymond Pauly May 28, 2009
Congratulations, Karen! #7574066Karen Engelbreth May 28, 2009
Thank you so much, Raymond :0)) #7574478Linda Blair June 03, 2009
Gorgeous....congratulations!!!!!!! #7594681Karen Engelbreth June 03, 2009
Thank you so much, Linda :0)) #7595309Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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