Sweet Nectar

Thank you, Ella. I appreciate your comment. Nature inspires me so much that I, in turn, wish to inspire by sharing these conspicuous treasures with you all.

Fantastic – haven’t seen a shot with a profile like that. Very cool.

Thank you, Andrea, for taking a moment to comment on my work. Sometimes chance brings a surprisingly beautiful moment to capture with the lens. I was lucky, too, when I captured the pretty crow in flight in “Magnificent Crow” ...

Oh wow great capture. This is a fantastic close up

Thank you, Jeff, for visiting my art and posting a comment; it is very encouraging.

Just beautiful. I love it.

I am glad you found it pleasing, David.

Superb! Great colours, details, and DOF!

Verry good composition and treatment

Indeed I agree..nice colors treatment and details!Great use of DOF!

I am overwhelmed and thrilled … Thank you Torfinn, Sorin and Antoine for your great feedback. I think that my tiny and delicate subject did it all … she just lingered a little while in a sea of fluttering beauties!

A big thank you to all the artists who have commented so far.

i absolutely love butterflies but there not easy to photograph they dont often stay still for long so this is a great shot ive heard that they only live for 24 hours but I can tell you that this is not true when i was a little girl I found one whos wings had not opened properly on a bush in my paddock so i put out my finger and he never climbed off i took him to school and he didnt leave me for months i kept him on an orchid plant and fed him honey and water off a spoon and picked fowers for him to feed off it was amazing to watch him unroll his tongue? and drink , I awoke one day to find only his wings ,i think he was eaten by a mouse or something ,I was devastated and cried like I lost my best friend, i still often think of my “buddy” and the amazing relationship i shared with an insect.
R.I.P “BUDDY” Hope your fluttering through an eternal blue sky .

just thought id share that ,still brings tears to my eyes

thanks for informing me the’ tongue’ is the proboscis

very pretty

Thank you Rachelle for your compliments and for sharing your story. The bond you describe is incredibly beautiful. I am pretty sure that she is fluttering in an eternal blue sky … My child and I have recently reared up three beautiful Painted Ladies. Then, we released them in our forest—amidst a sea of tears from my eyes …

As you love butterflies, if you wish go to my main page and enter my Blog Posts, entry Nature Journal . Within the post paragraph click the link Nature Photojournal to access it. In the post Fragile Beauty, I describe my encounter with a Monarch butterfly at home.

Thank you, carpenter777, for adding your encouraging comment.

Thank you, Vonnie Murfin, for adding this artwork to your favourites.

Thank you Torfin, Sorin, shaytay, Antoine Dago and Rachelle for adding this tiny beauty to your favourites.

Gorgeous macro of this striking specimen Carmen.

I appreciate your comment, Stephen. Thank you for visiting my place.

Beautiful shot…!!

Beautiful butterfly shot.

Hello Heath and Damian, how nice to read your encouraging comments. Thank you!.

wow! you are a very talented photographe.THE COLORS ARE AMAZING,great shot

Thank you, micmac, for your compliments. I truly appreciate them.

Thank you, Honey, for adding this tiny beauty to your favourites.

A wonderful insect,and image,Carmen!!

How nice you liked it, Lance. Thank you for stopping by.

Exquisite capture Carmen,well done.

Thank you, Miguel, for your feedback. How nice you liked this tiny beauty,

great exposure for such a dark subject. would have been so easy to lose the detail in the denser areas. stunning detail.

really like this shot carmen…great close up. find taking butterfly pics quite hard. this pic looks great. the colours are magic. thanks for commenting on a few of my pics and giving me the chance to see some of your work.. you too have a great set of photographs.

mike

Thank you, Mike, for taking the time to comment. I am glad you liked this tiny beauty and appreciate your addiing it to your favourites.

Beautiful…!

Arigato gozaimashita, Hiroko San.

Delightful

Thank you, mattappel, for your lovely comment on this little lady

Erland, how nice you added this butterfly to your favourites.

what’ a quintessential butterfly image… lovely photography

Great macro. Love the tongue!

Lachland, thank you for visiting and leaving encouraging words.

How nice you liked this tiny beauty, Steve. Her proboscis is of logarithmic prefection …

Beautiful shot!

sorry, typo … perfection

Bluetiger, thank you for visiting. I am glad you liked it.

What a great capture… love it… great macro, love the details here… :) So ever peaceful.. :)

Thank you, Crokus Label, for your lovely comment and for adding me to your watchlist.

I really like it, it does speak of the beauty of creation. So beautiful and so fragile at the same time. Thank you for sharing it with me =)

Incredible capture. Detail, color and dimension and the host plant too!
I find it mind boggling that every “pollinator” pollinates a specific plant on Earth. For example, grazing animals have overgrazed the Blue Lupines here in Oregon and the lovely, quaint Blue Lupine butterfly is nearly extinct. I advocate locals place Blue Lupines in their gardens and the small, sky blue butterfly is slowly coming back in the City!

Stunning shot.

Thank you so much, Holly.

Beautiful macro with good detail and color too!

Thank you, Ellen, for your lovely comment.

I can barely get my dog and chidreb to sit still long enough to get a decent shot and here you get a butterfly to not only sit still but pose for you…. Wonderfu piece of art.

Thank you, LocoCow, for leaving a comment. Well, she was busy feeding, “busy” in butterfly-time, so I had to shoot at lightning speed. And here it is, the miracle of her sheer beauty.

that is an amazing image.

How nice you liked this tiny beauty, MuscularTeeth.

just so good. A lovely shot Carmen

Lovely of you, Anthony, thank you for visiting.

What a lovely, beautiful photo!! Breathtaking!

Thank you, Crockpot, she was lovely.

I love butterflies .. lovely color on this one !

nice color

This is an amazing piece of work, my friend! Technically excellent, beautiful in the aesthetic sense, and subjectively very interesting. I can look into this scene for a good while. Congratulations!

Wonderful images you have in your profile.

Great shot !