Painted Lady...at work... by gradient

Photography • Macro • posted on Sep 20, 2005

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There were still a few of the "Vanessa Cardui" or Painted Ladies around here last week. So I took the opportunity to capture a few shots. This one is dining on it's favorite food...the thistle! I expect most of these butterflies will have disappeared by this weekend....They won't be back until next year...so...I may post a few more images of this series. Nikon D70 Thanks for your views and comments on my last upload. Enjoy!

Comments (17)

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kimariehere

12:43AM | Tue, 20 September 2005

she is beautiful... what a fantastic find! and capture... so lovley...perfect! i love the sunlight comming thru the tip of her wings!

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erskogly

1:00AM | Tue, 20 September 2005

Beautiful! The light filtering through its wings really shows off its fantastic colors.

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MaydaMason

1:47AM | Tue, 20 September 2005

what a funny smile!! what kind of lens do you use?

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zulaan

6:36AM | Tue, 20 September 2005

F A N T A S T I C Image !!!!!!

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meselfr

7:37AM | Tue, 20 September 2005

very lovely shot... The DOF is lovely and the sharpness of the butterfly is spectacular.

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kansas

8:06AM | Tue, 20 September 2005

She is so beautiful. Excellent capture.

emailandthings

12:49PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

Awesome shot.. any special lense?

soulofharmony

3:04PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

sublime dof ..exposure and sublime composition excellent work :)

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bayoubooger

3:44PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

excellent macro, lighting perfect

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jcv2

4:21PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

Yes, it means hard work for those butties before fall will follow and flowers will disappear! Wonderful capture!

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Saurav

5:42PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

Excellent colours and lighting in this, the backlight has qiven the wings translucent qualities.

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bragova

6:01PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

Wonderful.

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choronr

6:18PM | Tue, 20 September 2005

Outstanding capture John ...this is a real treat to view.

Pierre59

2:25PM | Wed, 21 September 2005

Excellente macro, congratulations !!!

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sossy

3:26PM | Wed, 21 September 2005

amazing colored and detailed macro! fantastic how the sunlight is shining throught the wings! ;o)

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Lledeline

12:02PM | Thu, 22 September 2005

Great macro.

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Omotou

12:33PM | Fri, 23 September 2005

Coincidence ... exactly on the same day I was watching a butterfly as beautiful as on your picture. It was such a rare occassion to see it in the middle of the town, cars rushing by, pedestrians in a hurry, and this little animal sat on a flower and didn't get enough of all the sweet stuff. Hope you don't mind if I save this on my HD as a memory to this wonderful moments. Thanks a lot for sharing !!!