Beauty Contest
FEATURED in ‘Backyard Macro group’ July 2009
CHALLENGE WINNER of Flower – White
in Made by Nature Group 21st May 2009
FEATURED in the Live, Love, Dream group
20th January 2009
Monarch caterpillar taking it easy on the cosmos flower!
Canon EOS XSi 450D
Using natural light.
BEAUTY CONTEST
Beauty Contest belongs to the following groups:
All About Flowers, Canon DSLR (One Image Per Day & A Canon Camera Must Be In The Description Before It's Accepted), Fabulous Flowers, Live, Love, Dream: , Made By Nature - {2 a day} - {challenge theme only!}, Nature's Wonders, New Zealand Made, The true beauty and Vibrant and Vivid Color Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters

Sharon House
Oh Kathy – this is absolutely stunning.
Kathy Reid
Thanks Sharon
lorilee
A lovely capture!!!! Very nice!!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you Lori!
bamagirl38
Kathy Reid replied
A big thank you to all the team at Live, Love, Dream for the feature. I was thrilled with the surprise this morning.
Tracy Faught
Fantastic capturel! Really wonderful! ;]
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you Tracy!
IngridSonja
STUNNING!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you Ingrid!
kathy s gillen...
excellent capture
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you so much!
RosaCobos
The flower is her castle of dreams.
She is elegance in person..
and you.. have been …lucky.
Rosa (beautiful is little…)
Kathy Reid
Thank you Rosa for your beautiful words.
Rachel Stickney
Fantastic! Congratulations on your feature in Live, Love, Dream!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you heaps Rachel:))
SharonD
Good focus and capture Kathy.
Kathy Reid
Thank you Sharon!
Steve Chapple
Outstanding detail, colour and a vibrancy in this shot.
Kathy Reid
Thank you Steve for your kind comment.
LYN EVANS
Wow….brilliant shot
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks Lyn
John44
Wow.. Dear Kathy .. would it be possible to tell me a few camera and camera secrets about your over all shooting ?
Warm regards:
John
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks John, I’ve sent my settings in a bubblemail to you.
Stephen Thomas
Wonderful photo!
Kathy Reid
Thank you Stephen, great to meet you!
Kathy Reid
EvaMarIza
Stunning capture- wonderful!
Kathy Reid
Thank you Eva, have a great weekend!
Holly Cawfield
Love it! What an ideal nature moment you’ve caught here. That curl of the caterpillar is fabulous and I just love the hints of the garden in the background. Beautiful image!!!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you Holly, it’s the first time I’ve had monarch caterpillars in my garden so it’s has been a delight to follow their life cycle!!
Pleased to meet you!
Diane Schuster
Just beautiful, kind of a beautiful bedroom for such a beautiful butterfly! Dee
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you Diane!
Ingrid77
wow – that is sooo beautiful!!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you so much for your comment Ingrid, great to meet you!
ldeiter78
Great contrasting background!
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks Lori!
Cloudia Newland
A beautiful combination of elements! :)
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you Cloudia!
bigbear2311
Fantastic image!! Love it and all of your work!!
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks BigBear, for your kind words!
Cheryl Lunde
Fantastic image, and congrats on the feature in Live Love and Dream!
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks alot Cheryl for your congrats!
Hannah Fenton-...
Awesome Awesome Awesome!
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks heaps Hannah and for the fav, pleased to meet you!
Olga
Wonderful image!... and who is the winner…? LOL
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you so much Olga!
maxy
Wow – this is a beautiful springtime shot! The name is wonderful and fits it perfectly! Excellent work!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you so much Maxy, my Husband came up that title!
Scott d'Almeida
cheers thank you,fantastic capture;
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks Scott!
Steve Woodman
Tremendous!
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks for stopping by!
clizzio
How nice of that beautiful caterpillar to display himself on that nice white flower.
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks for your comment!
chijude
So crystal clear!! That caterpillar just knew what would show his best “skins” off!!
Kathy Reid replied
Lol… yes Chijude you’re absolutely right!!!
Svetlana Sewell
Fabulous shot & great title!
Kathy Reid replied
Many thanks for your comments Lana!
Mika
Congratulations on taking out the white flower challenge in MBN!
Great job
Kathy Reid replied
WOW…how exciting Mika, this is my first challenge win and I’m very happy with the results.Thanks to the ‘Made by Nature group’ and to all who cast a vote in my direction:)))
Tamara Travers
Congratulations on your winner!!! Beatiful shot!
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks so much Tamara, I’m still smiling!!!
Tamara Travers
I am sure you are!!! It was well deserved!
EvaMarIza
CONGRATULATIONS Dear Kathy!!!!! This is wonderful image :)))))) Happy for you :)))
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks very much Eva, pleased you liked this too!
LjMaxx
Congrats Kathy.. Great image! :)
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks so much for your comment and for stopping by to congratulate me!
joyousmoon
Lovely. Congratulations on your feature
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks Pamela for your comment, nice to meet you!
Rachel Stickney
Belated congratulations, Kathy! Well deserved! (Trying to catch up with all the activity here on RB!)
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks so much Rachel:))
wildrider58
Stunning capture
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks and also for the Fave:))
Yool
Your great image is featured in our Backyard Macro Group
Well done !!!!
Kathy Reid replied
Thanks so much Yool and the ‘Backyard Macro group’ I’m very delighted!
barnsis
Congratulations on being featured in Backyard Close-UP and Macro Shots Group!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you very much!
Ginny York
Very pretty Kathy! congrats on all your Features and wins with it!!!
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you Ginny, very much appreciated!
Kristina K
great stuff, well done :)) k
nadine henley
totally stunning – flower and caterpillar!
Patriciakb
Gorgeous image Kathy…well deserved features and your win…
Kathy Reid replied
Thank you very much Patricia!
MayJ
Fabulous capture Kathy and wonderful detail! So beautiful! Congrats on the features!!!