Great Spangled Fritillary by olivetreeann

Great Spangled Fritillary

I had to take a break from the official list of movies today and post this lovely butterfly. He was flitting around my marigolds this morning and posing for the camera. Too bad "Butterflies Are Free" wasn't on the list. )o:
Wow. Looks at his checkerboard eye! WOw! I love how you got the dof and the out of focus woodpile! Super! Fav!
July 7th, 2012  
Nice catch! Love the colors!
July 7th, 2012  
@espyetta Thanks so much MaryBeth! That is an honor to be fav'd by the Queen of the Bug Shots!! Isn't that eye the coolest thing!? I didn't see that until I uploaded it! I don't know how he's able to see through it! lol
@jojo2009 Thanks Joseph! He's a looker for sure!
July 7th, 2012  
Beautiful!!
July 7th, 2012  
@kerristephens Thanks Kerri!
July 7th, 2012  
Not surprised you are pleased with this photo!
July 7th, 2012  
Cool!! His eyeball is pretty trippy - fantastic shot!
July 7th, 2012  
pretty butterfly
July 7th, 2012  
Great shot and the noise from high ISO gives it a wonderful grainy feel.
July 7th, 2012  
Impressive! I haven't seen a butterfly in ages :-(
July 7th, 2012  
She looks wonderful, and on the magnifier it is amazing how the colors come right out at you.
July 7th, 2012  
wonderful shot, he's so pretty
July 7th, 2012  
beautiful capture, wonderful colours
July 8th, 2012  
Had to fav!
July 8th, 2012  
i'd still tag it for the movie challenge. there should've been a 'wild card' hehehe! i love that movie. i had a crush on edward albert during the time and i also loved the movie "40 carats". it's so nice to remember the good times.

i marvel at MB's @espyetta sharp eyes - gosh, to see the checkerboard eye of the bug is really something. but that's also because you got a really great shot here. loving the colours!
July 8th, 2012  
@maggiemae Thanks Maggie!
@beachradish Thanks Beachradish! I have never seen eyes like that before! I keep wondering what does the world look like to him?
@kimmistephens Thanks Kimmi!
@zshadowwalker Thanks Adrian! It wasn't intentional to have the ISO so high. I was bothered that I forgot to put it back to 400 which what I prefer. But I'm glad you feel it adds to the shot.
@automaticslim Thanks Andy- that's too bad! They must be out there somewhere!
@digitalrn Thanks Rick! It really had some beautiful coloring from all angles!
@crickle1969 Thanks Chrystal!
@wenbow Thanks Wendy!
@httpgeffed Thank you Colleen!! Thank you for the fav too!!
@summerfield Thanks Vikki! Maybe I should just tag Jeff the Challenge Master and ask why we didn't get them? lol And yes, when I uploaded this I was so surprised to see that design on his eye. I wonder what it's like to look through that everyday!
July 8th, 2012  
@summerfield I am one of those micro detail people I guess!
July 8th, 2012  
Fabulous shot - how about 'it's a wonderful life' ? I bet this fellow thinks so
July 8th, 2012  
Fav for me. So wonderful!
July 8th, 2012  
Perfect capture! I don't know that I've seen this kind around my house.
July 8th, 2012  
Fantastic detail!
July 8th, 2012  
Ann , a fave for me, love the light through the wings
July 8th, 2012  
Bev
What a fantastic capture! Love all the color, the vibrancy, the detail, the focus!! Wonderful job! Fav!
July 8th, 2012  
Fabulous capture, Ann. Love the colors, focus and lighting. Just beautiful.
Fav.
July 8th, 2012  
@filsie65 @sangwann @mrssmith @salza @sarasdadandmom @prttblues @cimes1

Thank you Phil, Dione, Carla, Sally, Terry, Bev and Carole! Thank you so much for all the favs- can't tell you how much that lifted my spirits today. You are great!!
July 8th, 2012  
This one should be on the pp. here is my fav.
love the DOF here..that woodpile in the background and the color and details of the butterfly as well as the marigold color...just fabulous.
July 10th, 2012  
@bruni Thank you Bruni! This fellow was a real show off- and also a mover. He usually didn't stay posed for too long- but this one shot came out just right! Thanks so much for the fav!
July 10th, 2012  
beautiful....
July 11th, 2012  
@mhatch Thanks Mark!
July 12th, 2012  
Lovely :-)
July 21st, 2012  
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