A work in progress! Hi! My name is Melinda. I am happily married to the love of my life and we have a daughter who is in college. I live in Southern California and I am an amateur photographer. My husband bought me my Kodak P880 for Christmas in 2006. I looked at it and thought I'd never figure it out! I've only taken regular every day snapshots and never looked through the lens in a "creative" way. Then in March 2007 someone introduced me to Renderosity.  In May, I became brave and decided to upload my first photo... I haven't been able to put my camera down since! LOL. I still have a lot to learn, but I sure am having fun doing it. I have come a long way though. This time last year, I couldn't even put a photo on the computer! Now I have started to research DSLR cameras ... Who knows what the future brings! Update: I now have that DSLR :) Was the best Christmas (2008) gift!   I did the research and picked it out and Santa put it under the tree. It's a Canon Rebel Xsi .
May 9, 2014
I have a new DSLR, the Canon 7OD. A gift from my husband for Mother's Day. So much to explore!
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Comments (20)
ragouc
Good POV and DOF. Very nice shot.
claude19
SPLENDID close-up ! very natural with vivid colors !!!
DAVER2112
Beautiful shot!!
rocserum
great photo! RS
DukeNukem2005
Very beautiful image!
tennesseecowgirl
The different colors of the flowers make this so pretty, Beautiful work!!
BessieB
Totally fabulous!
angelafair
Beautiful!!
unstart
Exceptional beauty!!
Faemike55
Very lovely flutterby! Great capture
jarmila
very nice macro and composition
Blush
Beautiful image A fav with me Nice to meet you and do come see me Hugs Susan~
goodoleboy
All the above in this stellar image, with great focal effects, Melinda. Hope you're back to full strength.
Alex_Antonov
Wow!
danapommet
Fantastic capture - both butterfly and flower. Dana
Richardphotos
two for the price of one.beautiful specimens
bebert
superb capture
Chipka
Marvelous! I love how you manage to get them sitting still. Chicago butterflies are skittish as all get-out, and they act as if they all have attention deficit disorder on top of it. Hmmm...maybe there's something in our soil and thus our flower-nectar! Who knows? But anyway, I love this shot. I especially like the variety of butterflies you're showing. Aside from Monarchs, Viceroys, and a few others, Chicago isn't exactly "Butterfly country". Ah, but at least I get to see them in your gallery!
flora-crassella
gorgeous picture!!!!!!
tizjezzme
I'll trade you my train tracks for your butterfly spot. LOL This is gorgeous!!!! I have been wanting to find a place where butterflys hang out. I spose now it's a bit too late in the season for them.