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Summertime Ornament

© Nikki McDonald

Summertime Ornament

Uploaded: December 26, 2009

Description

Does anyone else spend the winter scouring personal archives for overlooked possibilities? Here's one from the BP shoot in Kansas City that Candice organized in August 2008.
Category: Animals

Exif: F Number: 0, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 0/1000000 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 0,0, FocalLength: 0.00 mm,

Comments

Laurie Daily level-deluxe December 26, 2009

What a beautiful sight on a bleak winter's day, Nikki...what lovely blues on this beautiful butterfly! #1219746

Monnie Ryan December 26, 2009

Anybody who lives in northeastern Ohio sure does, Nikki! This is just beautiful -- glad you found it! #8247267

Joannie Bertucci level-classic December 26, 2009

Nikki, it looks like this butterfly dipped it's wings into pastel chalks! Beautiful composition! #8247285

Graham Robards December 26, 2009

Beautiful Nikki! ~Pat #8247333

Melissa G. Meiselman December 26, 2009

Outstanding shot of this beautiful butterfly taken with ultra sharp detail and vibrant color, Nikki!! #8247335

Gord MacEachern December 26, 2009

Wow, don't know how you overlooked this beauty Nikki,love it!!!! #8247339

Douglas Pignet December 26, 2009

Love the capture and yes Nikki we all go thru out old shots during winter....lol #8247432

Tammy M. Anderson level-deluxe December 26, 2009

Yes, Nikki you bet we all do. This is gorgeous. Excellent comp. and colors. #8247515

Jessica Jenney December 26, 2009

Yes we do, Nikki! Beautiful capture, gorgeous color and detail! #8247587

Amanda J. Tanner level-classic December 26, 2009

The Colors are so vibrant. A beautiful butterfly. A wonderful image Nikki! I browse my old archives of photo's when the weather is so bad and you can't go out as much. #8247859

MELODIE C. ROBERTS December 26, 2009

My Archives NEVER hold anything like This!!
Awesome Work NiK
The colors are outstanding!! #8247907

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna December 26, 2009

Breathtaking, awesome, gorgeous, magnificent, beautiful, glorious, incredible colors and details, Nikki!!! :-) k #8248024

Jeana Clark December 26, 2009


This is spectacular!!!
Love the vivid colors
and perfect details!!!
I think CCC is awesome
for taking us to such
wonderful places for
our visit!!
Just beautiful Nik!!!

~J~

(I'm with you about the archives!) #8248132

Sherry L. Davis December 26, 2009

Outstanding capture Nikki! #8248269

Evy Johansen level-classic December 26, 2009

Fantastic image, Nikki!! Awesome colors!
Happy New Year to you and yours! #8248321

Summer A. Kozisek December 26, 2009

Gorgeous macro Nikki, beautiful colors and clarity!! #8248396

Jayne Martin December 26, 2009

I know I sure do!! This is a beauty!!! Thank you for a bit of summer on this very, very frigid December night!! (I, like Monnie, live in Ohio) Burrrrrr.....Thanks for the praise you bestowed on Lane... #8248461

Mitch Spence level-classic December 27, 2009

A bright and beautiful ornament in the midst of our deep freeze. Oh, my, yes. Scouring the archives indeed. #8249080

Sonya L. Hatfield-Hall December 27, 2009

Excellent capture and talk about being at the right place at the right time. #8249354

Leslie McLain level-classic December 28, 2009

Beautiful capture, colors, and DOF, Nikki. I am also looking through the archives for images to submit. Finding new images in winter is much more challenging. #8251140

Jean-Pierre Ducondi December 28, 2009

Jolie capture Nikki.
JP #8251250

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