ah Diane i am sooo happy to see your posting again ! i really miss is so much and you ! i am working on this to be back step by step :) hope this butterfly is magical and will help us to have warm and smil on faces no problems and i dont want you to be sad because of some people with 2 faces ! be proud of ballery and so special pictures as you have ! lok how many people added you and always come here with pleasure ! 5*

I love the look of this butterfly against this beautiful flower... Well captured hun :)

I feel the ratings means very little.I am here to show my work and to view others like yours.I dropped mine several weeks back.exceptional butterfly Diane and macro

This is a beautiful shot, Diane. Such a wonderful butterfly which you have captured to perfection. Have a peaceful evening, my friend. Hugs and love. Eileen xx

Lovely butty Didi they always brighten up our contryside as your work does!

Here's sunshine at you sweetheart #;0) Wonderful butterfly Diane, the colours are so vibrant. The little blue dots on the wings match the scabius, beautiful clarity and detail. Never mind the ratings, I was only going to give you ten anyhow. Sunshine hugs for you. Bravo!!!!! 5+5=10 xxxxx

Wow Diane. This is wonderful. It looks 3 dimensional, its so lifelike! Excellent!

ESPLÊNDIDA FOTO,BELISSIMA BORBOLETA,INCRIVEIS DETALHES.+++++++5

Super beautiful, Diane!!!!

Excellent macro,excellent details:wonderful render! Gentle hugs/love Lior

I don´t only love lillies....love butterflies too...gggg

Beautiful butterflypicture. Very great work:-)hugs sessan

A lovely macro capture.

Like a butterfly A beautiful butterfly With wings outstretched With wings flapping I will fly away Displaying my beautiful colors To all and sundry I know I will I am the hope of the child I am the butterfly The beautiful butterfly With beautiful colors. Jack Shaka

Thank you all for comments. @Ionel/my friend, thank you for making my night with these beautiful words. You enhance my work, I appreciate that so much. Di. xx

Don't care about ratings Diane, It has been a long time since I removed it from my posts....Have a nice evening my dear friend ...

Gorgeous capture Diane....such vibrant colors....beautiful butterfly and lovely flower.....I love it!!!! love to you, Carol

I am in total agreement about the fantastic detail here and the marvelous colors. It's a really peachy shot all around. You are so lucky to have such startlingly colorful and interesting butterflies. I don't have anything so beautiful to photograph. :-( As for the ratings (stand back, I feel a diatribe coming on...),I used to complain about the same thing as you - comments were so flattering and there was no hint that anyone found anything to improve on in my shots, but the ratings were lower than I expected. Oh, I really got my feelings hurt and I really felt people were evil and two-faced... but after I pulled myself together, it shook out this way: People really like each other here, with a few exceptions. And, as is normal human behavior, we do not want to hurt someone we like. We also have a bit of a competition going whether we acknowledge it or not, and we want to advance our cause and promote higher ratings for ourselves. So, number one is we tell our friends how wonderful their work is because we don't want to hurt their feelings, and number two is we say how fantastic a shot is because we are identified (see the avatar by our comments???)with our comment and we hope the artist will reciprocate the gesture boosting our own numbers and, frankly, upsetting someone with an honest opinion sometimes won't get them to stop in at your gallery and say something nice about you. But in my opinion, the ratings probably are the more honest gauge of our work because you can make an honest rating without being identified with it (good or bad)and, therefore, if you aren't named you aren't the one who hurts anyone nor do you cause hard feelings that might lessen your own feedback in the future. Maybe its hard for us to realize that the photo we thought was better than anyone else's, along with the glowing comments we get on those 2 or 3 pages that pump up our ego, are just pap because the ratings show it was only an average shot and nothing special. But for me, at least, I'd rather know another's true feelings than be the fool and think better of my work than it is just because my friends don't want to hurt my feelings or I'm just a part of their popularity plan. I could be all katty-wampus in my thinking but its what I think happens and I don't get upset any more. I just take it and try to do better. :-) (And it seems to be working because I generally don't get anything less than 4.5 stars any more.) Ok, I'm jumping off my soap box now and going to find a hole to hide in while everyone gets over my big mouth... LOL

Wowwww, so gorgeaous butter and very nice color and composition on your picture ! Excellent my lady dear ! Good day and hugssssss :)

Really beautiful shot, it is amazing how close you got. I could never do this

that is very nice image!!!:)

This is beautiful.

Beautiful capture!!

super photo. the rateings been out a long time. people do not play the rateing game for they do not believe in them. I not worry I know your work is good.

Quelle perfection et contrast de couleurs!

Marvellous stereotype my Beautiful still it is the magic of the Love of this Nature which you doors to climb to reach And well you it ace make a choice judicious to take and immortalize this wonder Have would say a Large Monarch which covered its costumes of winter. Bravo still and mile thank you my Beautiful Witch wealth of you you have my Beautiful ((5++))....................................((Merveilleux cliché ma Belle encore c'est la magie de l'Amour de cette Nature qui te portes à gravir pour y accéder .Et bien tu as fais un choix judicieux de prendre et immortaliser cette merveille Ont dirait un Grand Monarque qui as revêtu ses costumes d'hiver .Bravo encore et mile merci ma Belle .Quelle richesse en toi tu as ma Belle ((5++))

That butterfly looks so radiant against that flower what an excellent shot

Excellent capture! Superb detail and color.

Sis This is beautiful Such stunning colors.. I love it A fav with me Hugs Susan~

Beautiful Photography Diane! :) I love the matching color of the flower and the spots on the Butterfly! Bravo!