Cycle of Life
Uploaded: July 02, 2007 03:44:00
A Eastern Blue Hairstreak deposits her eggs into the flowering buds of this butterfly bush.
Canon 100 - 400L IS at 400mm. ISO 250, afternoon light, 1/2000th @ f8.0, EC -1/3
Karen E. Michaels July 02, 2007
What a different kind of catch! Jeff the is remarkarble. The composition is fabulous. A winner to me. Peace, karen #683684Dominick M. Dimacale July 02, 2007
Great timing and presentation here Jeff, I do agree with Karen, this is a winner...Dominick #4464646Agnes Fegan July 02, 2007
Beautiful details and composition! #4464661Glenn E. Urquhart July 02, 2007
Amazing Clarity and Detail, Outstanding color, contrast... A Very Elegant, Beautiful Composition, Jeff!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4464678Ken Smith July 02, 2007
Beautiful, Jeff. I like your crop on this and the background colors. Very well done! #4464695Mary L. Graham July 02, 2007
Beautiful Jeff...Lovely composition and colors!! =) #4464714Kathy Reeves July 02, 2007
Awesome comp in the beautiful macro Jeff!!! #4464793Colette M. Metcalf July 02, 2007
Beautiful capture and detail, Jeff!! #4464863Lynne Morris July 02, 2007
Wow this is awesome Jeff, amazing clarity and details. #4464864Sharon King July 02, 2007
Fantastic composition, wonderful image Jeff! #4464907Darren K. Fisher July 02, 2007
What a wonderful capture Jeff. I like the way you composed along with the BG color. #4464925Judyann Plante July 02, 2007
Beautiful image, Jeff! Fantastic composition, color and detail.
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Emily E. Bem July 02, 2007
A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
STELLAR comp and capture.... :) #4465040
Linda D. Lester July 02, 2007
Excellent capture...love the crop!!! #4465099Linda M. Walker July 02, 2007
An awesome capture and most beautiful composition! #4465113Carla Metzler July 02, 2007
Beautiful Jeff! #4465202Nadine A. Lewis July 02, 2007
Oh my goodness, Jeff!!! What an AWESOME capture!!! GREAT comp. too!!! <>< #4465232Girish Vaghela July 02, 2007
Great details, and very beautiful, Jeff! #4465299Murry Grigsby July 02, 2007
Love your pano composition and the gentle bend of the stem! Nice clarity on the butterfly and the tele really simplifies the background. Well done Jeff!! #4465300William Johnson July 02, 2007
Fantastic capture Jeff. The detail in the Butterfly and POV are amazing. I also like the Pano shot. Bill J. #4465332Ray Clarke July 02, 2007
Great details Jeff, wonderful composition!!!(R) #4465454Sam Britt July 02, 2007
Excellent composition & details, Jeff. #4465467Tamara K. Walker July 02, 2007
So beautiful against the warm background. #4465538Su Sana E. P July 02, 2007
Wowwwwwwwww!!!! What an awesome capture and presentation!! Jeff, another Winner!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #4465566Kate Jackson July 02, 2007
Brilliant composition Jeff! Very beautiful! #4466001Mike D. Perez July 02, 2007
A beautiful composition, Jeff! #4466002Nadya Johnson July 02, 2007
Outstanding photo Jeff, with very striking composition! #4466142Karen Bacon July 02, 2007
A fantastic composition Jeff!Beautiful! #4466152Stephen Zacker July 02, 2007
I agree.. your composition is outstanding #4466200Paul Michko July 02, 2007
Very cool capture, Jeff. #4466215David Pratt July 02, 2007
This is wonderful Jeff! Great job! #4466396Karen Engelbreth July 02, 2007
Beautiful macro, Jeff! #4466528ALLEN O. HOWARD July 02, 2007
An AWESOME capture and presented beautifully Jeff!, Allen #4466639Nancy (Peaches) Harker July 02, 2007
Awsome capture Jeff, I wish I could get so lucky! #4466711Claudia Kuhn July 02, 2007
Beautiful capture of this little one, great lighting and detail. #4466744John Connolly July 02, 2007
What a brilliant shot, Jeff! Your detail, color and composition are all above average! Well Done!!! #4466968Husain Akhtar July 02, 2007
Wonderfully timed shot, Jeff! A lot to enjoy in this close-up work! #4466972Carol Sawyer July 02, 2007
Excellent capture, Jeff! #4466994Inge S. Lasmana July 02, 2007
Very beautifully composed! love the colors and details as well! great work, Jeff! #4467003Jeff Robinson July 02, 2007
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WOW amazing shot also very interesting.
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Roxanne M. Bubar July 02, 2007
What an amazing capture. Gorgeous colors and fantastic clarity. #4467194Bill Wyatt July 02, 2007
Beautiful colors and details. Love the composition too!! #4467506Graeme yew Chow July 02, 2007
Beautiful composition and detail, Jeff. #4468055Dennis Flanagan July 02, 2007
Really well done Jeff. #4468064Nancy L. Green July 02, 2007
Fantastic macro Jeff!! This is really quite beautiful!! <>< #4468067Evy Johansen July 02, 2007
Wonderful image, Jeff! Love the composition!! #4468228paul parent July 03, 2007
Superb shot. #4468556Jeff Robinson July 03, 2007
Thanks Everyone very much!! Jeff #4468594Ray Thoms July 03, 2007
Wonderful capture Jeff....... #4468694Anne D. Eigen July 03, 2007
Excellent macro, Jeff! Love the perapective as well #4468697Deborah Lewinson July 03, 2007
Stunning image, Jeff, outstanding colors, clarity, comp, and crop!Janet McNeil July 03, 2007
Beautifully done - great capture! #4468791Lorraine A. Cook July 03, 2007
AWESOME! The cycle of life beautifully captured, Jeff!<:)) #4468869Hendrik Storme July 03, 2007
Wonderful presentation, great capture Jeff! #4468909Sherry Sturgis July 03, 2007
Jeff, the details, composition, and colors are sensational! BEAUTIFUL capture!!!!! #4469608Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas July 03, 2007
Wonderful image and title Jeff!,Debbie Fleri July 03, 2007
What a great capture...: )Awesome gallery...: ) #4470820
Elizabeth A. Marker July 03, 2007
Wonderful capture Jeff!! Great POV and details!! #4470911Michael Khoury July 04, 2007
excellent dynamics in this image Jeff !Erin Appelbaum July 04, 2007
Superb capture, Jeff. You have the patience of a saint. Beautifully timed. Peter #4471705Ermanno Radice July 04, 2007
Fantastic composition, love the natural curve, great shot, Jeff!!! #4472985Steve M. Harrington July 04, 2007
Great capture, Jeff. Informative too.Derek D. Dafoe July 04, 2007
Wonderful shot Jeff!! I truly love the composition!! #4473755Jeff Robinson July 05, 2007
Thank You All Very Much! I really appreciate all of the great comments on this image! Jeff #4474384Susan Candelario July 05, 2007
EXCELLENT, Jeff!!! I always enjoy viewing your work. #4476498Ronda Chatelle July 05, 2007
Great shot Jeff! Wonderful details and informative presentation! #4477192Arnie Horwitz July 05, 2007
Great composition, colors and lighting, Jeff! #4477253Ross Throndson July 06, 2007
Wow....Great Catch, Jeff....Amazing Image!! #4478832Jeff Robinson July 06, 2007
Thanks Very Much; I really appreciate all of your great comments on this image! Jeff #4478866Daniella Puente July 06, 2007
Jeff this couldn´t have been better! excellent photo is elements, technique and presentation...love it :) #4479343Jeff Robinson July 06, 2007
Thanks so much Daniella; I really appreciate your comment! Jeff #4479602Jenny Bosmans July 06, 2007
Wonderful presentation and excellent capture, Jeff! :) #4479793Casey A. Hanson July 06, 2007
Outstanding work, Jeff! :0) #4480673Jeff Robinson July 07, 2007
Thank You Jenny and Casey! Jeff #4481128Mitch Spence July 07, 2007
Wonderful balancing act she's doing, Jeff, and a great shot. #4483076adrifil July 08, 2007
I love butterflies and although I have photos from their various stages I never captured an egg posture.Jeff Robinson July 08, 2007
Thank You Mitch and Adrifil! Jeff #4483970Karen Slagle July 09, 2007
Beautiful capture of nature, Jeff. I've not seen a shot like this before. I really like the composition. #4489296Jeff Robinson July 09, 2007
Thank you very much Karen! Jeff #4489727Carol Teal July 10, 2007
Beautiful capture, excellent comp, and perfect timing! A wonderful image Jeff! #4492276Joan P. McCool July 10, 2007
Excellent image Jeff!!! So Lovely! #4494107Susan Fox July 10, 2007
Fantastic composition and crop. Love how the flower bends and leads our eye right down to the butterfly. Wonderful capture! #4494118Jeff Robinson July 11, 2007
Thanks Very much!! Jeff #4497770Cary Rogers July 17, 2007
Excellent composition and lighting, Jeff! A wonderful capture of an intimate moment in the cycle of life! #4518968Jeff Robinson July 19, 2007
Thank You Cary! Jeff #4527789Bambi L. Dingman July 22, 2007
I love this, Jeff! Beautiful colors and composition! #4542049Jeff Robinson July 23, 2007
Thanks Very Much Bambi! Jeff #4545635Shelly A. Van Camp July 30, 2007
Super capture, details and colors! #4578894Jeff Robinson July 30, 2007
Thank You Shelly!! Jeff #4580149Aimee S. McMaster January 25, 2008
....much congratulations on your lovely finalist Jeff...Aimee #5392861Susie Peek-Swint January 25, 2008
Many congrats Jeff ~ wonderful comp and detail! #5393142Kathy Shogren January 25, 2008
Great timing Jeff. Congrats on finalist. Good luck! #5393515Laurence Saliba January 25, 2008
Congratulations Jeff!!! #5393540Jeana Clark January 25, 2008
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Stefania Barbier January 25, 2008
WOW Jeff, WTG another big congrats!!! #5393711Shawn Jennings January 25, 2008
Great capture, Jeff! Congratulations on your finalist! #5393900Bob D. Hall January 25, 2008
Congrats on your outstanding finalist, Jeff! #5393910Kay E. Mahoney January 25, 2008
Congratulations on your beautiful finalist, Jeff. #5393982Colleen Farrell January 25, 2008
WTG, Jeff--congratulations on your WIN! #5394309Sylvia Rossler January 25, 2008
Big Big Big congrats on your superb winn Jeff :O) #5394373Robert S. Grauer January 25, 2008
Jeff congrats on this beautiful winning shot #5394617Steve M. Harrington January 25, 2008
Way to go, Jeff!Robert R. Goodman January 25, 2008
A big congratulations,Jeff!!!!!! #5394660Nancy (Peaches) Harker January 25, 2008
BIG COngrats Jeff on this FANTASTIC well deserved win!!! #5394719Paul E. Earl January 25, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS, Jeff!!! #5394729Gail Vitikacs January 25, 2008
YAHOOOOOOOOOO!!! The man with the gold!!! Congratulations Jeff! #5394768Ken Smith January 25, 2008
Excellent work, Jeff! Congrats!! #5394845Laurie Daily January 25, 2008
Congratulations, Jeff! Incredible timing on this fantastic winner! #5394938Stefania Barbier January 25, 2008
HUGE CONGRATS JEFF! #5394946Deborah Lewinson January 25, 2008
Hearty congrats, Jeff, on this excellent winner!!!!Margaret R. Barry January 25, 2008
Congratulations on your beautiful winner, Jeff! #5394993Alison Krylowski January 25, 2008
Congratulations! #5395062Mike D. Perez January 25, 2008
Congratulations on your great Winner, Jeff! #5395155Aimee S. McMaster January 25, 2008
...Congratulations on your beautiful winner, Jeff...Aimee #5395488Erin Appelbaum January 25, 2008
Congratulations Jeff. Well deserved. Peter #5395652Elida Gutierrez January 25, 2008
Especialy for the winnersJill Odice January 25, 2008
A well deserved CONGRATS Buddy!!! #5395862Cheryl E. Molennor January 25, 2008
Perfect cacth Jeff. These guys are so smCongratulationsall and gone in a second. Well done #5395967Sam Britt January 25, 2008
Congratulations Jeff! Beautiful winner. #5396128Renee Doyle January 25, 2008
This is beautiful Jeff!!!!! Big congrats!!! #5396171Su Sana E. P January 25, 2008
Congratulations on this outstanding Winner, Jeff!! So beautiful!! #5396254Michael Umbreit January 25, 2008
Jeff - Congratulations!! - Mike #5396316David Phalen January 25, 2008
BIG Congrats on a well deserved Winner!! #5396335Donna La Mattino Pagakis January 25, 2008
Congratulations on your win Jeff! Excellent details, design and depth!! #5396394Walter Graziano January 25, 2008
Excellent Jeff, Congratulations on your win!! #5396410Bob D. Hall January 25, 2008
Congrats on your great win, Jeff! #5396475Claudia Kuhn January 25, 2008
Beautiful capture Jeff! Congratulations!! #5396578Jill Flynn January 25, 2008
What a splendid moment you've captured Jeff! I love the arc. A big congratulations on your win! #5396644"emmanuel ""nolax""" N. Montemar January 25, 2008
hi Jeff!! another addition to your golds my friend! CONGRATS on this amazing winner!! #5396662Ronald F. Fischer January 25, 2008
Congratulations on this awesome winner!!! #5396693Terry L. Ellis January 25, 2008
Jeff, congratulations! A very worthy and beautiful finalist and Second Place win! Love the comp. #5396738Evy Johansen January 25, 2008
BIG congratulations on your beautiful win, Jeff!! #5396847Alan L. Borror January 25, 2008
Congratulations on this awesome winner, Jeff! #5396985Raymond Pauly January 25, 2008
Wonderful winner! Congratulations, Jeff! #5397072David Pratt January 26, 2008
Congratulations, great winner! #5397997Kristi A. Howson January 26, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful Winner Jeff! Great use of the horizontal format! #5399926Tamara K. Walker January 26, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS! #5400017Anita Hogue January 26, 2008
Fabulous win, Jeff! Congratulations! #5400499Lori Carlson January 26, 2008
Big Congrats to you Jeff on this awesome shot and awesome win!! :0) #5401854Shelly A. Van Camp January 27, 2008
A Beauty! Congrats, Jeff! #5402564Ellen Hodges January 27, 2008
Congrats on a fantastic image, Jeff! #5402693Marsha S. Smith January 27, 2008
Such an amazing image, Jeff. Congratulations!!!! #5402943Patrick Rouzes January 27, 2008
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW,Jeff!!!!!!!!!CONGRATULATIONS,my friend!!!!!!!!!!! #5403120Jessica Jenney January 27, 2008
Congratulations, Jeff on your beautiful win! #5403618Cyn Valentine January 27, 2008
Congratulations Jeff! #5403621Emile Abbott January 27, 2008
Awesome eye and capture Jeff and a well deserved winner, Congratulations. #5404497Jeff Robinson January 27, 2008
Thanks BP for selecting this image for a 2nd Place - I am honored! Thanks Everyone for the Great comments; I appreciate all of them very much! Jeff #5404820Graeme yew Chow January 28, 2008
Congratulations Jeff, wonderful winner. #5406135Kimi A. Phillips January 28, 2008
Big Congrats to you!!!! #5408303Murry Grigsby January 28, 2008
Congrats on your terrific image and win Jeff!! #5409160Cary Rogers January 28, 2008
BIG CONGRATS, Jeff!! Outstanding composition and capture! I love watching these little hairstreaks "undulate" their tails! #5410481Joannie Bertucci January 29, 2008
Bravo, clap, clap, clap!Allan L. Whitehead January 29, 2008
Jeff, congratulations on a job well done my friend - Allan #5412039Tarun Bose January 29, 2008
Big congrats Jeff for your excellent winner. #5412859Gail Sullivan January 29, 2008
Hi Jeff...an amazing capture...I love the pano crop...congrats! #5414771Jeff Robinson January 29, 2008
Thank You All Very Much!! Jeff #5414982Ken Jarvis January 29, 2008
Amazing shot Jeff! Congratulations on your win! #5415314Stanley J. Contrades January 30, 2008
CONGRATULATIONS on this very well-deserved capture and winner, Jeff!JO ANN CLEVELAND January 30, 2008
Awesome! Very well seen and presented!Big congratulations Jeff!
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Jeff Robinson January 30, 2008
Thank You Ken, Stan and Jo Ann! Jeff #5419599Darryl Wilkinson January 30, 2008
Fascinating shot and capture, Jeff! Congratulations on your win! #5420312Judy V. Kennamer January 31, 2008
Beautiful Jeff! Congrats on your well-deserved win!! #5423767Jeff Robinson January 31, 2008
Thank You Darryl and Judy! Jeff #5425222Nancy L. Barrett February 01, 2008
Love the composition and clarity here, Jeff--a well-deserved win! #5428011Karen Bacon February 01, 2008
Congratulations on this wonderful winner! #5428893Eugenio Diaz February 01, 2008
Congratulation on your beautiful Winner!!!! #5431103Jeff Robinson February 03, 2008
Thank You Nancy, Karen and Eugenio! Jeff #5437951Janet Daniel February 04, 2008
Spectacular image, Jeff. Love it and congratulations on your win! #5441393Jeff Robinson February 04, 2008
Thank You Janet! Jeff #5443946Bill Houghton February 05, 2008
What a wonderful shot Jeff. Congratulations on you win. Bill #5446128Jeff Robinson February 05, 2008
Thank You Bill! Jeff #5449453Peggy J. Maguire February 07, 2008
Amazing clarity Jeff, Congratulations on your win! #5458061Jeff Robinson February 08, 2008
Thanks Peggy! Jeff #5465901C A February 11, 2008
Great moment to capture. Well done Jeff!! #5477159Alex T. Mizuno February 11, 2008
Such an excellent capture!! I've never seen butterflies doing this. Wonderful comp too. Congratulations on your winning!! #5480154Jeff Robinson February 11, 2008
Thank You Corné and Alex! Jeff #5480797Gary Lange February 19, 2008
Wow, Jeff I'm sorry I missed this wonderful image. Well done and belated congrats!! #5517032Jeff Robinson February 19, 2008
Thanks Very Much Gary!! Jeff #5517331Stefania Barbier February 22, 2008
huge congrats Jeff!!!!! #5536888Jeff Robinson February 23, 2008
Thank You Stefania! Jeff #5538727Jill Odice February 29, 2008
Wahoo! Congrats :-) #5572177Kathy Reeves March 01, 2008
Wow!! Congratulations on this awesome win!!!! #5576560Mary K. Robison March 01, 2008
Fantastic profile capture of one of Life's miracles, Jeff! A belated CONGRATULATIONS on your well-deserved win! #5576574Kathleen Rinker March 01, 2008
Wow Jeff this is awesome, love your gallery, congrats on your win!!! #5578498Shelly A. Van Camp March 01, 2008
Congrats on this beauty, Jeff! #5579175Jeff Robinson March 02, 2008
Thank You Very Much! Jeff #5580856Lisa J. Boulden March 03, 2008
Such a splendid capture, Jeff!Jeff Robinson March 05, 2008
Thank You Lisa! Jeff #5594968Jeff Robinson March 08, 2008
Thank You Rony - I am glad to hear that you enjoyed this one! Jeff #5611974Bill Houghton April 02, 2008
Jeff, this is such a beautiful shot. Thanks so much for your comments. Bill #5732143Jeff Robinson April 02, 2008
Thank You Bill! Jeff #5735680Candice L. Carter April 03, 2008
Stunning crop and capture! Excellent! #5738174Jeff Robinson April 04, 2008
Thanks very much Candice! Jeff #5742094SaMi Martin October 02, 2008
Beautiful image Jeff with a great POV! #6543992Jeff Robinson October 02, 2008
Thanks SaMi! Jeff #6544622Nancy L. Green January 31, 2009
Congratulations Jeff on this very well deserved win!! <>< #7111919Jeff Robinson February 01, 2009
Thank You Nancy! Jeff #7112344Wendy Stevenson May 06, 2011
Excellent composition! Congratulations once again Jeff! Awesome! #9391605Jeff Robinson May 06, 2011
Thank You Wendy! Jeff #9392182Val Feldman January 20, 2012
Hi, Jeff...this was before my time on BP but when it came up on the home page today, I think I stopped breathing for a second there! What an amazing moment you've captured...with excellent color, detail and comp - absolutely breathtaking. You were at the right place (your backyard, I'm guessing - I recognize your wall color:), at the right time and then carried off the technicalities, perfectly! Congratulations on a fine Gold Win! #9931995Jeff Robinson January 20, 2012
Thanks very much Val - Yes - This is at our home! #9932214Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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