A super shot Diane with lots of great detail. I love butterflies as I think they always make such a splash of colour. I don't take much notice of the ratings as I can't see much point to them its the comments I love.

Amazing colors ,what a great close-up, I can see the little circles of lines on the antenai. Beautiful photo, how lucky to get so close.

Beautiful capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great color. Todd

Such a gorgeous shot with the most stunning colors!!!

Beautiful image. Very nice colors! It's a very good work! Look like a real motion life! Superb!

beautiful capture...

This is so sharp..detailed and colorful..you did good..as always..

I decided not to allow rating some months ago for the same reason...enthusiastic comments and low ratings...why??I will never get to understand,but of one thing you can be sure:your ART is outstanding and full of life and poetry and before everyone's eyes the beauty you always capture,magical macro my dear friend,awesome colors both in the butterfly and the flower,fantastic!!:-)

I Love the contrast in the different colors in this!!! a Magical Shot Diane!!!

A majestic capture Diane. All the best to you and Sir David from Pao and myself.

A most lovely image, Di... wonderful detail in full view! And I agree... your gallery is wonderful and you are a dear, sweet lady, so just ignore the ratings! You have many friends here!

Truly magnificent artwork. Excellent subject, composition, and style. Very inspirational.

Beautiful image Diane! Wonderful colours!

Absolutely perfect shot, Di. Stunning details and gorgeous colors. Excellent DOF as well. Superb!!

What a wonderful combination of colours. I admit to being puzzled about the ratings and have also decided to drop mine.

I can imagine your diligence and fascination on taking this superb and amazing shot, dear Diane, just like the little girl that's within you , and the result is first-class photography.I wish we had such beautiful butterflies as this one over here, they surely live somewhere far from city buses and exhaust fumes... Congratulations, and bisous, Diane :-)

I'm so glad you "snook" into Thomme's garden :) What a wonderfully musical composition this is with brilliant color!!!!

there`s not many about now is there .you captured the colours well here diane ,very beautiful mick i like your pictures from ashleigh

I thank you all for comments, a very special thank you to Ashleigh for her comment. Diane.

Hmmmph! I tried SO many times to get a good shot of those little buggers (butterflies in general) and the dang things would up and move off JUST as I got focused. What do they think I am, paparazzi? How did you get yours to sit for you? You bribed it, didn't you, with honey or nectar or something. That's not playing fair you know! Not only is this a fantastic macro, but the butterfly itself is outright Gorgeous!! Sigh. I'll get one yet before I die, LOL!

Someone forgot to tell the butterfly what time of year it is. :) He's probably stocking up on food for his journey to warmer places but glad he stopped by your place long enough for you to grab him.

So pretty.. such vivid colours.

Beautiful Capture Diane Excellent.

I believe you Diane. Lovely photo!

superbe

The contrast is so well defined between butterfly and flower. Excellent capture.

An absolutely wonderful shot. One of the best - if not the best - butterfly photo I've seen around here. I want to do something like this when I grow up (or maybe when my camera grows up). :D As for the comments: I can only judge by the Poser images I posted, as I noticed the "rating fluctuation" there a lot more than with my photos. I was rather dumbfounded by it myself, until I started to ask the people who posted comments what rating they gave and why they did it. That actually worked quite well, as most people were honest and forthcoming with their replies. What I learned is that some people - at least in the Poser community - seem to judge images by two criteria: technical aspects and personal taste (call it artistic quality if you like, but I wouldn't, as I find "art" very difficult to define and a rather personal concept). Usually a comment reflects the better reception on one of those two lines, while the rating may be more indicative of the other aspect, or at least be influenced by it. For reasons others have already mentioned ("big happy family", etc.) some people seem unable or unwilling to express their opinion in public beyond the aspects they consider best about an image, but some things they don't mention will still influence the rating they give. One other interesting reply I got to my inquiries about the comments/ratings was along the lines of "yes, I think your render is superb, but I want to reserve the 5-star rating for the absolutely outstanding images that can't be improved in any way". While I wish the person in question had said so much in his posted comment it is something I can relate to. Perhaps it might be worth enabling comments again when you have some time to closely follow the comments and ratings that come with them, and then ask around why people rated your images which way? You might be surprised by some of the replies you get.

Love the sharpness in the capture of this lovely butterfly. Well done!

What an awesome macro shot of this butterfly! Such gorgeous colors and great DoF! :^)