Butterfly Against the Sky

So alive and colorful! Great pic!

Fantastic shot...

Do the clouds help? The version without the clouds is

href="http://www.photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=472744">here

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The clouds help a lot! Very nice colors.

WOW!

An impressive image; the clouds really help accent the moth. The lighting is so perfect this looks like a studio shot with a cloud backdrop.

Excellent photo. Sharp, colorful, and nicely composed. Good work.

Shoot, yeah! I don't think I've ever seen a photo of yours that I didn't love!

Stunning.

Nice shot. Good detail and focus. Well done.

My first question was: "Is this real?" Nice photo

Holy Cow!!! This is a sweet picture! Even the clouds look like they're placed just perfectly! You make me jealous...78^)

It rocks!

Wow. Adding the clouds in has made this photo incredible.

Is that a photo - surreal!

Beautiful!

Hello Mark:

Between the butterfly's "expression," the almost surreal lighting, and the seemingly impossible DOF, this image almost has an almost cinematic feeling. Maybe if I look at it long enough, Dennis Hopper will stroll across the background.

beatiful

it is almost unreal

Excellent picture. The position in which you took it gives it a very nice angle of view. Good job!

I came accross this while browsing and it's absolutely stunning. The clouds, which have been well done, are a nice touch IMHO. Wish it were mine!

Excellent !!

Great shot. I like it with the clouds. Which is the original?

Are you the guy who wrote the book on composition? There are so many things "right" about this image and it is of a subject that is hard to catch still long enough to follow all the rules.

Excellent composition -- many "rules" applied to this image. Acolades are in order.