American Copper

This is a new capture for my project. It's an American Copper. one of the Gossamer-Wing butterflies.

Thank you for the kind responses to yesterday's Dandy Topper pic!!! It really made my day! :0)

[marg]

Nice of him to colour coordinate his wings for your photo Carolyn - and to look straight down the lens. Fabulous.

[Jason Daniels]

Oh lovely B'fly!

[Kimmi]

Beautiful!!

[Kate Klinck]

soso pretty, another beautiful shot from the Butterfly Whisperer!! :o)

[Lindy]

Oh very cute. Lovely composition

[Terry]

Fave for me, I like the clarity and detail and colors

[Trina P Holub]

The Butterfly Queen is back from her winter imposed sabbatical. :-)

[Al Perry]

Lovely capture, I just saw them in my book last night. Never seen one up close and in person. Lucky You!

[karenann]

I love this composition .. amazing color! Beautiful dof and the butterfly is frosting on the cake.

[Robert Velten]

Beautiful butterfly and bloom combo!

[Jo Ann Bellone]

Beautiful Carolyn

[richard saffold]

what big eyes you have!

[Mary]

I wish we had some butterflys here. Maybe when I'm in Portland, Oregon I will see some next week!! Beautiful shot!

[Rebecca M]

Beautiful butterfly!

[BeckyS]

Beautiful shot!

[Rick Schies]

You are really blessed with so many cool buttlerflies.

[Kerri]

Beautiful butterfly

[❀ Lynn]

So many pretty butterflies! Jealous I am! Beautiful capture.

[PamSnaps1]

I just love your butterfly photos!

[Kathryn Marshall]

Beautiful capture! Nice colors!

[janet gregory]

So many different butterflies already! awesome!

[Robyn]

Beautiful!

[Rachel Michelle]

Beautiful shot!

[Cindy McFarland]

Beautiful colors! Great capture.

[Ramona]

beautiful shot

[Laurie]

This is beautiful!

[Sharon Lee]

beautiful Carolyn… stunning as always

[Denise Breimeir]

Wow! What a beautiful butterfly! You should make a nature field guide with your photos!

[Elyse Klemchuk]

This is amazingly gorgeous!

[Yvonne]

You make me so very anxious to see butterflies. This one is so beautiful. Great job.

[trude]

anther gorgeous shot a beautiful butterfly:)

[bkb in the city]

Great shot

[Julie O]

Lovely shot, very clear.

[Taephy]

pretty, so delightful!

[Sheila]

What a beautiful orange butterfly!

[tim williams]

Another beautifully focused shot Carolyn!

[Paul Myers]

Another excellent shot.

[Ulpi]

Another beautiful shot!

[Nikkers]

love this.. such a great shot lady..

[Dawn Wilson]

He is so pretty .. Beautiful shot!

[Pam Womack]

nice focus & background blur

[alia_801]

Fantastic shot! Great focus, nice detail, cool composition and lovely colours!

[cglist]

What a beauty!

[Dione Giorgio]

Gorgeous butterfuly very nicely captured. Love the composition and focusing.

[elkehochban]

Wow! I don't know how you do it! There are always butterflies in your yard, they always hold still and the wind never blows! Stunning, as always!

[Sharon]

WOW! Very stunning!!

[Mark Buehl]

Great beautiful capture. The colors are neat.

[Paula]

Oooh like the colours of this one Carolyn!

[Pam Hawkes]

Wonderful capture Carolyn!

[K J Buehl]

Splendid Portrait of the 'copper'! Your talent is behind the lens - I love the birds and butterflies you can capture!

[Shirley Banford]

Awesome DOF.

[Claire]

So sweet and delicate in everyway

[Pyrrhula]

An other awesome capture. It`s a big pleasure to watch you pic of flowers an insects/butterfly`s

[Donna Edwards]

Beautiful!

[Karen Sylvia]

Nice composition and color. :)

[santina]

so sweet and delicate, i love the colors

[Diana Moss]

Absolutely beautiful

[Carole Imes]

Fabulous composition, colors...extraordinary shot and a fav.

[Christie Hicks]

Stunning as always. And PP for you as well. You just amaze me every day.

[Anne ❀]

awesome shot! looks great on the pp! fav

[Brad Johnson]

wow

[Kass]

I'm so glad you the ID for this one. I always see them in the summer but had no idea what they were called! Still totally jealous of all your shots AND the variety. You're so lucky to live where you see such variety!

[Zoe Ferrie]

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!