Inspiring Photo: Gulf Fritillary #1190314

Gulf Fritillary

Uploaded: September 07, 2005

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Dr Silly September 07, 2005

Beautiful
Dr Silly :0)
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Larry Smith September 07, 2005

Beautiful color and shot, Julie #1811003

Linda D. Lester September 07, 2005

Beautiful!!! Love your colors! #1811181

Julie Comeaux September 22, 2005

Thanks for the wonderful comments Dr. Silly, Larry and Linda. These Mexican Sunflowers (so I was told they were) have been attracting lots of butterfly varities at my Mom's house. #1866259

Evy Johansen November 12, 2005

Very beautiful, Julie! Big congratulations on your POTD! Well deserved! #2065550

Leonard Pierce November 12, 2005

Very beautiful and colorful image Julie!!! Congratulations!! #2065560

Leanne M.E. Boyd November 12, 2005

The colour in this photo is vibrant! Excellent shot, Julie - and congrats on your POTD! #2065596

Karen Engelbreth November 12, 2005

Wonderful - congrats on your POTD, Julie! #2065597

Susie Peek-Swint November 12, 2005

Beautiful capture and detail Julie ~ congrats on POTD! #2065621

Bill Houghton November 12, 2005

This is a beautiful shot. Great job.
Bill #2065646

Joy Rector November 12, 2005

congrats on your POTD #2065745

Laura Clay-Ballard November 12, 2005

congrats on this gorgeous orange on orange potd #2065753

Hendrik Storme November 12, 2005

congrats on your deserved potd!!! #2065772

Jessica L. Richard November 12, 2005

wonderful capture, very beautiful! congrats on POTD! #2065905

November 12, 2005

Congrats on "Photo of the Day." Absolutely Beautiful! Curious as to what the green background is?? #2065918

Scott Pedersen November 12, 2005

like the colors #2065984

November 12, 2005

What a wonderful picture! I love the colors. Congrats! #2066005

Michelle R. Kovach November 12, 2005

Congrats on your POTD Feature Julie! #2066060

Janine Russell November 12, 2005

Julie, wonderful colors and detail; congratulations on your POTD. #2066101

November 12, 2005

Placing the butterfly a little more left in the composition would make it even more interesting (rule of thirds). The depth of field is a little too short, having the entire butterfly in sharp focus would improve the image. The background color may not be the best. It seems to compete with the butterfly and flower. Experiment with other colors to see the differences and if there is a better color to showcase the main image. #2066121

Emanuel R.L Marcos November 12, 2005

WONDEFULL. colours and sharpning are gr8
perfect composition and the background colours are perfect a gorgeous vibrant green.
Congratulations #2066246

Lucy L. Fink November 12, 2005

I thought the shot was beautiful. I love close ups of nature. Great job! #2066248

Terry L. Ellis November 12, 2005

Congratulations, Julie, on this super POTD! Fabulous colors and shot! #2066396

Bob Duncan November 12, 2005

I love this image just the way it is Julie. Big congratulation on your POTD. #2066397

Julie Comeaux November 12, 2005

Thank you for your comments!! I'm always so tickled with these little photo honors. Someone asked what the green background was...The green is actually the grass on the ground. This photo is pretty much exactly as it was shot. This posted version is truly not far off from the original shot. It was sharpened slightly and I may have adjust brightness/contrast. Anyone who has attempted butterflies knows the challenges they present. I was pretty happy with the overall shot...and I must agree with most of you, the colors draw do draw you in. There is a whole series of shots with these flower in my Deluxe Gallery at www.onceinalifetimephotography.com If you visit the Galleries and the 2005 New Additions for September you will find more butterflies and bees with these flowers Thanks Again! #2066634

Bob Duncan November 12, 2005

I just visited your web site Julie,
Real nice!!!! #2066704

Judith MacArthur November 12, 2005

Hi, Julie-- I also checked out your web site (great!)and the other recent butterfly shots. Your tete a tete bees are too cute...really made me smile...and so sharp. Super work! Congrats on your POD. I agree somewhat with Ed that you could crop the left a little, but the DOF looks fine to me. I just wish butterflies would hold still for us so their wing tips didn't get "clipped"! :-) Judy M.

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Melanie Murray November 12, 2005

What a beautiful shot Julie. I'm going to check out your site for more. Very inspiring. #2067263

November 12, 2005

wonderful capture! I adore butterflies! congrats on a well deserved potd! #2067334

Mary Clarke November 12, 2005

Many congratulations on POTD - great image. #2067374

Nancy November 12, 2005

What lens did you use? I'm a film person and usually use a macro but you have to be unusually close to capture these shots. I have a few shots but most are blurry in places. #2067861

Roger Bernabo November 12, 2005

Tremendous image-- Congrats!! #2067905

Julie Comeaux November 12, 2005

Thank you all again for the additional comments. The only reason I didn't crop the image as suggested is because I was trying to maintain appropriate proportions for prints. I imagine for web display, I should have considred going through with the crop. Thanks for the suggestion. I am using a lens that I carried over from my Canon EOS Elan II. I just started shooting Digital in January and love it! The lens is a Tamron AF Aspherical XR 28-300mm. Most of these shots would have been done at 300mm. #2068377

Kathleen R. Struckle November 13, 2005

Beautiful image and color!! #2069799

Anita Taylor November 13, 2005

beautiful colors and DOF! The darker background really makes it stand out! #2070212

November 14, 2005

Julie :

This is a beautiful shot!!! The colors are beautiful- they've generated a sense of warmth. Congrats on your POTD!!! Way to GO !!!

From Avis K. Williams Caesar
aviscae@yahoo.com #2074665

Claudette Foote November 15, 2005

Beautiful capture!
Congrats on a well deserved potd!

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Mary N C. Taitt November 16, 2005

Lovely! Congratulations! Mary :-) #2083162

December 02, 2005

Very nice colour capture.. #2145108

Nancy Donnell December 09, 2005

I really enjoyed your lovely photo. #2168424

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