Balance of Nature
Uploaded: June 01, 2007 03:15:32
A Tiger Swallowtail butterfly elegantly balanced itself while drinking from the Thistle flower. Marshall Creek Texas
Canon 100 - 400L IS at 320mm. ISO 250 Afternoon lighting, 1/320th @ f14.0, EC -1/3 (D&M)
Paul E. Earl June 01, 2007
What a fantastic capture. Love the detail, lighting and composition. #665991
Carolyn M. Fletcher
June 01, 2007
Jim Huffield June 01, 2007
Gorgeous. Nice work, Jeff. Jim #4353310
Tamara K. Walker
June 01, 2007
Gail Vitikacs
June 01, 2007
Linda D. Lester
June 01, 2007
Debbie Hartley June 01, 2007
Beautiful image Jeff! Lovely detail, composition and colour! #4353463Marijana Fajgl June 01, 2007
What a beautiful capture Jeff! #4353503Glenn E. Urquhart June 01, 2007
Really like the brilliant color contrasting against the black background.... STUNNING Capture and Composition of Beauty, Jeff!!! VERY Well Done! Cheers, Glenn. #4353527Colette M. Metcalf June 01, 2007
Beautiful capture, Jeff!!! #4353546MELODIE C. ROBERTS June 01, 2007
Fantastic Jeff!!!Kathy Reeves June 01, 2007
Fantastic capture Jeff!! The colors and details are excellent!!! #4353573Hendrik Storme June 01, 2007
Wow Jeff! Fantastic shot!!! #4353632Holly Shao June 01, 2007
Excellent and beautiful capture, Jeff!!Holly #4353686
Agnes Fegan
June 01, 2007
Aimee S. McMaster June 01, 2007
....so beautiful Jeff...looks like I can touch it....Aimee #4353754Anita Hogue June 01, 2007
So beautifully captured Jeff! #4353831Lynne Morris June 01, 2007
Wow Jeff, this is a beautiful image, the colours and details are gorgeous! #4353848Erin Appelbaum June 01, 2007
Great capture, Jeff. Great colors and timing. Peter #4353849Pat Gamwell June 01, 2007
Wow! Outstanding shot, Jeff! The clarity and lighting are incredible! #4353862
Dominick M. Dimacale
June 01, 2007
Claudia Kuhn
June 01, 2007
Chastity Abbott June 01, 2007
What a wonderful title! perfect capture!! I love the yellow back among the green! Your gallery has some amazing work...great job! #4354116Carol Sawyer June 01, 2007
Fantastic capture, great colors and details, Jeff! #4354174Marie Fields June 01, 2007
Outstanding image, Jeff! Just perfect! #4354252Derek D. Dafoe June 01, 2007
Great image Jeff!! Never seen a one of these this spring here in Ontario!! #4354433Ray Clarke June 01, 2007
Great capture Jeff, love the colours and detail!!!!(R) #4354643
Ken Smith
June 01, 2007
Stephen Zacker June 01, 2007
Great capture and simplicity. #4354888Vicki Hunt June 01, 2007
Wow! Beautiful capture! I love the placement! #4355199Dan Holm June 01, 2007
Wow!! Elegant composition, GORGEOUS capture, Jeff! #4355294Nadya Johnson June 01, 2007
Beautiful capture, Jeff! #4355537Ronald F. Fischer June 01, 2007
Stunningly beautiful capture, Jeff! The composition and exposure is spot on perfect! #4355654Cheryl Meisel June 01, 2007
How beautiful this is! Could it be more perfect? LOL don't think so! Great shooting Jeff!Karen Slagle June 01, 2007
Fantastic image, Jeff. Love that almost black bg..... #4355817Melissa G. Meiselman June 01, 2007
Exquisite capture of this butterfly with sharp details, great colors and lighting, Jeff!! #4355843
Jeff Robinson
June 01, 2007
Connie J. Bagot June 01, 2007
Perfect DOF---perfect everything in fact and so elegant. Amazing. #4356100Sherri Gorman June 01, 2007
Wow, this is so beautiful!!! Awesome capture Jeff!!! #4356133
Nancy L. Green
June 01, 2007
William C. Raco
June 01, 2007
Bill #4356244
Joan P. McCool June 01, 2007
So Beautiful Jeff! Gorgeous comp, lighting and color!!! ~Joni #4356373Summer A. Kozisek June 01, 2007
Gorgeous capture Jeff, the details and colors are so crisp! WOW! #4356628
Evy Johansen
June 01, 2007
Karen Engelbreth June 02, 2007
Fantastic image and POV, Jeff - love it! #4356736Susan Candelario June 02, 2007
Outstanding in every way, Jeff!!! I always enjoy the chance to view your work. Very inspiring. #4357314
Candice C. Calhoun
June 02, 2007
ccc #4357373
Patrick Rouzes
June 02, 2007
Steve M. Harrington June 02, 2007
Excellent work, Jeff. I really like the texture.John Connolly June 02, 2007
Stunning lighting and detail here Jeff! A gorgeous macro! #4358782Ray Thoms June 02, 2007
Great capture Jeff....beautiful colour and lighting #4359348Cheryl E. Molennor June 02, 2007
Perfect Jeff! #4359502
Sheryl A. Hudson
June 02, 2007
Lori Carlson June 02, 2007
This looks amazing, Jeff! Love your framing~well shot! :0) #4359868
Laurie Daily
June 03, 2007
Jeff Robinson
June 03, 2007
Melissa Wynn June 03, 2007
Great shot of the swallowtail. Title is perfect. You captured it perfectly. #4360866Ken Jarvis June 03, 2007
Beautiful capture Jeff! #4361741Sam Britt June 03, 2007
Beautiful butterfly capture, Jeff. #4361790
Emile Abbott
June 03, 2007
Bambi L. Dingman June 03, 2007
Wonderful clarity and composition, Jeff! #4362576
Jeff Robinson
June 04, 2007
Ermanno Radice June 04, 2007
Magnificient capture, wonderful colors and details, Jeff! #4364667Regina L. Rickert June 04, 2007
Beautiful color and composition. Great DOF to isolate that gorgeous butterfly. I love the way the light plays off of it. Nice shot. #4364686
Amalia Sylvia Arriaga Salinas
June 04, 2007
S?ren Wettergreen June 04, 2007
Gorgeous capture, Jeff #4365254Pamela Shane June 04, 2007
Simply beautiful Jeff - super detailsPeter R. Hammer June 04, 2007
Good shot Jeff but you really don't need any more comments as I think you might already know that :-) #4365958Raymond Pauly June 04, 2007
Lovely shot, Jeff! #4366047Lorraine A. Cook June 04, 2007
Not many butterflies around here. I think Draco scares them away, Jeff!<:))Lovely detail in those wings, my friend#4366236
Jenny Bosmans June 05, 2007
WOW! Outstanding and very beautiful capture, Jeff! :) #4367269Shawn Jennings June 05, 2007
Excellent work, Jeff! #4368088
Terry L. Ellis
June 05, 2007
Jeff Robinson
June 05, 2007
DiAnna F. Paulk June 06, 2007
I love this one, Jeff!! Beautiful capture and composition.Thanks for commenting on my sunflower image! #4372403
Jeff Robinson
June 06, 2007
ALLEN O. HOWARD June 07, 2007
Excellent colors and details and a great composition as well! #4375646
Jeff Robinson
June 07, 2007
Mary C. Legg June 08, 2007
nice capture-- sorry, don't know what else to say anymore-- is a beautiful image #4377567
Jeff Robinson
June 08, 2007
Renee Doyle June 08, 2007
WOW!!!!! And I don't know what else to say!!!!!
Jeff Robinson
June 10, 2007
Dianna Hauf June 11, 2007
So perfect in every way....stunning.....Peggy J. Maguire June 12, 2007
Absoluty Gourgeous Jeff,love your detail.... #4389231
Jeff Robinson
June 12, 2007
Karen Walzer June 14, 2007
This is just beautiful! I love the background and comp. of this photo. K #4397043
Jeff Robinson
June 14, 2007
Darson Sumarno June 17, 2007
Good contrast and tone ... #4404937
Jeff Robinson
June 17, 2007
Alison Krylowski June 18, 2007
beautiful Jeff. I love the tiny bit of thistle coming through behind the butterfly! Fabulous composition. #4410730
Jeff Robinson
June 19, 2007
Karen L. Sorbello June 19, 2007
This is absolutely FANTASTIC... just gorgeous!
Jeff Robinson
June 20, 2007
Kristi A. Howson June 21, 2007
WOW, such a beautiful comp & colors on this Shallowtail Jeff. Excellent photograph!! (I'm trying to catch up with my comments..got way behind with busy work month:) #4420675
Jeff Robinson
June 21, 2007
Tonya R. Boles July 04, 2007
Wonderful shot. #4473175
Jeff Robinson
July 07, 2007
Mike Clime March 22, 2008
Congrats on this one too, Jeff! #5679707
Jeff Robinson
March 23, 2008
Tammy Espino October 22, 2008
Congrats on your finalistS #6639658Raymond Pauly October 22, 2008
Congratulations, Jeff! #6639710
Angie Sidles
October 22, 2008
Alexis Yobbagy October 22, 2008
FABULOUS!!! So DESERVING!!! #6640828
Stefania Barbier
October 22, 2008
A P October 23, 2008
Congrats on this beauty, Jeff #6642018Connie J. Bagot October 23, 2008
Congratulations Jeff---totally beautiful! #6644388Vitor Dias October 23, 2008
Congts Jeff, wonderful work.rgs Vitor #6645228
Debra R. Harder October 23, 2008
WOW, Jeff! This is BEAUTIFUL! CONGRATULATIONS on another GORGEOUS finalist! Deb #6645817Eivor Kuchta October 23, 2008
Congratulations on your finalist, Jeff! #6646219Janet Daniel October 23, 2008
Congrats, Jeff, on this exceptional capture! #6646506Amber J. Skene October 23, 2008
Congrats on your finalist! #6646807Stephanie Frey October 23, 2008
Congratulations on your beautifulMarijana Fajgl October 23, 2008
Big congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Jeff! #6647228Sam Britt October 23, 2008
Congratulations, Jeff!! #6648900Carla Metzler October 24, 2008
Congratulations, Jeff! Beautiful! #6651259Mike Clime October 24, 2008
Congratulations you your finalist! #6651449Anita Hogue October 24, 2008
Congratulations on this excellent capture, Jeff! #6653405Karen E. Baumann October 24, 2008
The title fits this beautiful capture! congratulations on your finalist, very nice! #6654806
Jeff Robinson
October 25, 2008
ALLEN O. HOWARD October 25, 2008
Totally awesome, Jeff! Did I say awesome? A*W*E*S*O*M*E!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh yes, Congratulations! #6660179
Jeff Robinson
October 26, 2008
Colleen Farrell October 27, 2008
Gorgeous macro, Jeff! Belated congratulations on an awesome finalist! #6668144
Jeff Robinson
October 27, 2008
Usman M. Bajwa
October 31, 2008
UB. #6687501
Jeff Robinson
November 01, 2008
Bill Houghton January 21, 2012
This is beautiful Jeff. Nice job. #9933496
Jeff Robinson
January 21, 2012
JO ANN CLEVELAND May 25, 2012
Gorgeous! You are such a winner Jeff, was just browsing and thouroughly enjoyed your work...was looking for your latest post and got totally engrossed...way to go you winner you!jo ann c. #10149288
Jeff Robinson
May 25, 2012
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