Prized Nectar

© Carla Metzler

Prized Nectar

Uploaded: March 26, 2007

Description


Feeding on a flower, its proboscis can clearly be seen probing into the neck of the flower...for the prized nectar.

Hand held.


Comments

Dominick M. Dimacale level-addict March 26, 2007

Beautiful capture here Carla...Dominick #626662

Jim Huffield March 26, 2007

Very lovely colors and detail, Carla. Nice work. Jim #4097976

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe March 26, 2007

Very nicely captured Carla! Jeff #4097978

Bill Wyatt March 26, 2007

Wow how beautiful. I love the colors and details. The composition is terrific as well! #4097988

Lynne Morris March 26, 2007

Beautiful image Carla, wonderful colours and details! #4098042

Roger Bernabo March 26, 2007

VERY pretty Carla!! #4098079

Glenn E. Urquhart March 26, 2007

STUNNING, Carla!!! Well Done! Cheeers, Glenn. #4098166

Nadine A. Lewis March 26, 2007

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL...LOVE the colors & focus, Carla!!! <>< #4098210

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic March 26, 2007

Nice capture,Carla. Beautiful butterfly. One of my favorites subjects. It is hard to get photos of some of them. They are so fast. #4098230

Rosemary Buffoni March 26, 2007

Great POV and shot.
Ro #4098271

Shawn Jennings March 26, 2007

Super shot Carla! Great color and DOF! #4098302

Tarun Bose March 26, 2007

Excellent capture. Great colours and details. Well done dear Carla. #4098412

Melissa G. Meiselman March 26, 2007

Gorgeous butterfly shot with great colors and lighting, Carla!! #4098562

Su Sana E. P level-classic March 26, 2007

Carla, excellent use of shallow dof and beautiful colors and details on the butterly!! #4098597

David Phalen March 26, 2007

WOW! Awesome detail, colors and DOF here Carla. #4098632

Karen Slagle March 26, 2007

Beautiful capture, Carla. I'm ready for spring and have been seeing a few butterflies around already. #4098633

Cathy Barrows March 26, 2007

perfect angle to catch the feeding #4098691

Milan Banik March 26, 2007

excellent shot. #4098786

Karen Bacon March 26, 2007

Terrific capture Carla! #4099106

Larry Smith March 26, 2007

Beautiful shot and colors Carla! #4099114

Shelly A. Van Camp level-classic March 26, 2007

Super capture, details and colors! #4099457

Amy JACKSON March 26, 2007

Beautiful image, Carla!! #4099526

Mary Timman March 26, 2007

Outstanding detail. Wow..fabulous capture. #4099567

Darryl Wilkinson March 26, 2007

Beautiful! #4099804

Ronald F. Fischer March 26, 2007

Very beautiful capture, Carla! #4099922

Carla Metzler March 26, 2007

Thank you, Dominick, Jim, Jeff, Bill, Lynn, Roger, Glen, Nadine, Kay, Ro, Shawn, Melissa, Susan, David, Karen, Milan, Karen, Larry, Shelly, Amy, Marry, Darryl and Ron. #4099937

Stan Kwasniowski March 26, 2007

Carla, what a beautiful image #4100003

Nancy L. Green level-classic March 26, 2007

Fantastic capture Carla, the lighting absolutely accentuates the beautiful colors of the moth!! Well done my friend!! <>< #4100033

William C. Raco level-classic March 26, 2007

Excellent focus, DoF and detail
Nicely done, Carla

Bill #4100221

Ken Smith level-classic March 26, 2007

I love your framing on this, Carla. And the colors and background are great! #4100304

Carla Metzler March 26, 2007

Thank you, Stan, Nancy, Bill and Ken. #4100542

JO ANN CLEVELAND March 26, 2007

Beautiful Carla! colors and framing are great!

jo ann c. #4100668

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna March 26, 2007

Oh...what a beautiful image, Carla!!! Wonderful DOF, colors and composition!!!! :3 #4100926

Carla Metzler March 27, 2007

Thank you, Jo Ann and Kitty. #4102180

Ron Roberts March 27, 2007

BEAUTIFUL IS THAT WHAT THAT IS CALLED A PROBOSCIS LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY NICE SHOT...RON... #4102797

Carla Metzler March 27, 2007

Thank you, Ron. #4103788

Marta J. Baldwin March 28, 2007

Great capture of this beautiful butterfly Carla! #4106023

Carla Metzler March 28, 2007

Thank you, Marta. #4106066

Stanley J. Contrades March 28, 2007

Exceptional clarity of the butterfly's details and colors, Carla!! Beautiful presentation!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #4106898

Carla Metzler March 28, 2007

Thank you so much, Stan. :) #4107189

Dan Holm March 28, 2007

Beautiful shot, Carla!! The detail and your composition on this are outstanding! #4107215

Carla Metzler March 28, 2007

Thank you, Dan. #4107319

Z. Banu March 29, 2007

Very very well done excellent macro you are winner!!!!!!Carla Thanks for so wonderful image of butterfly.keep it up.... #4107786

Carla Metzler March 29, 2007

Thank you, Zaanat. #4107922

Mary K. Robison March 29, 2007

Incredible dof in this beautiful macro, my friend! Love the clarity of the b-fly's design, not to mention those lovely colors. Super capture, Carla!
YFM #4110785

Carla Metzler March 30, 2007

Thank you so much, Mary.
YFC #4111575

BILLY R. PARKER April 24, 2007

CONGRADULATIONS CARLA ON YOUR FINALIST SELECTION! WELL DESERVED!! BILLY #4204998

Gary Lange April 24, 2007

Terrific work here, Carla!! Congrats to you!! #4205059

Cassie L. Woodlee April 24, 2007

Congrats your finalist Carla!!! #4205181

Stan Kwasniowski April 24, 2007

Carla, congratulations #4205206

Bill Wyatt April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your wonderful finalist, Carla! #4205570

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this fantastic image, Carla!!!!! :-) ^.^ #4205644

She-She Killough April 24, 2007

SOO Beautiful Carla!! Congratulations You Da WOMAN!! ;) #4205652

Claudia Kuhn level-classic April 24, 2007

So beautiful Carla, great detail and colors, congrats! #4205889

Mary Timman April 24, 2007

Congratulations Carla! #4205890

Anita Hogue April 24, 2007

So beautiful Carla! Fabulous composition! Congratulations! #4206087

Laura Clay-Ballard April 24, 2007

pretty! congrats! #4206446

Graeme yew Chow April 24, 2007

Huge congratulations Carla. #4206516

Shawn Jennings April 24, 2007

So glad to see this again, Carla! Congratulations on your finalist! #4207130

Kay E. Mahoney level-classic April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist, Carla. Good luck in the next round. #4207199

eileen bedford April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist Carla... #4207343

Terry L. Ellis level-classic April 24, 2007

A really beautiful finalist, Carla! Congratulations! #4207739

Kara L. Hendricks April 24, 2007

Gorgeous Carla... Congratulations!!! #4207930

Lorraine A. Cook April 24, 2007

Congratulations on this awesome finalist, Carla!<:)) #4207967

Laurence Saliba level-classic April 24, 2007

Congratulations on your finalist Carla!!!! Good luck in the next round. #4208177

Dan Holm April 24, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS on this gorgeous Finalist, Carla!! #4208345

Husain Akhtar April 24, 2007

I hope the dead slow speed of BF this morning would allow me to warmly congratulate you for being a March finalist! Very well done my friend! #4208408

Su Sana E. P level-classic April 24, 2007

Congratulations, Carla, on this beautiful Finalist!! #4208411

Colleen Farrell April 25, 2007

Wow, handheld even! Great finalist, Carla--congratulations! #4208580

Mary K. Robison April 25, 2007

Congratulations on your gorgeous finalist, Carla, and best of luck to you in the next round! #4208715

Carla Metzler April 25, 2007

Thank you everyone! #4208835

Judyann Plante April 25, 2007

Carla, Congratulations on this outstanding finalist!

Judyann <>< #4208935

Ken Smith level-classic April 25, 2007

Awesome job, Carla. Congrats!! #4209314

Jeff Robinson level-deluxe April 25, 2007

Excellent Carla; congrats on your Finalist!! Jeff #4209430

JO ANN CLEVELAND April 25, 2007

Wow Carla! This is awesome and girl ~ you hav a steady hand!

Beautiful! Congratulations on your finalist! jo ann c. #4209514

Tarun Bose April 25, 2007

Big congrats Carla for your outstanding finalist. #4209664

Paul Sikora April 25, 2007

Conratulations, Carla #4210237

Carla Metzler April 25, 2007

Thank you! #4210368

Kathy Reeves April 25, 2007

Fantastic finalist Carla!! Congratuations! #4210472

Emile Abbott level-deluxe April 25, 2007

Congrats on a supurb capture and finalist, Carla #4210951

Robert R. Goodman April 25, 2007

A Big congratulations Caral!!!! #4211035

Robert R. Goodman April 25, 2007

A Big congratulations Carla!!!! #4211039

RC Fritz April 25, 2007

Beautiful Finalist, Carla. Congratulations! #4211940

Carla Metzler April 25, 2007

Thank you, Kathy, Emile, Robert and RC. #4212177

Pat Gamwell April 25, 2007

BIG CONGRATS, my friend! Well deserved! #4212226

Sharon King April 25, 2007

Beautiful...Congrats! #4212966

Carla Metzler April 25, 2007

Thank you Pat and Sharon. #4212982

Glenn E. Urquhart April 25, 2007

A Big Congratulations on your Finalist Award!!! Well Deserved, Cheers, Glenn. #4213282

Ron Roberts April 25, 2007

CONGRATS CARLA GOOD LUCK...RON... #4213505

RD . April 25, 2007

Fantastic capture Carla, Congratulations! #4213573

Stanley J. Contrades April 25, 2007

CONGRATULATIONS Carla and the best of luck to you with this beauty in the next judging!!
Much Aloha,
Stan #4213872

Carla Metzler April 26, 2007

Thank you, Glenn, Ron, Richard and Stan. #4215075

Stephen Zacker April 26, 2007

Great perspective and dof. Stunning. Congratulations #4215792

Vicki Hunt April 26, 2007

Congratulaions on this wonderful finalist! #4218335

Carla Metzler April 27, 2007

Thank you, Steve and Vicki. #4219892

Jenny Bosmans April 27, 2007

Congratulations on this gorgeous finalist, Carla! :) #4220297

Carla Metzler April 27, 2007

Thank you, Jenny. #4220507

Judy V. Kennamer level-classic April 27, 2007

Beautiful! Congrats Carla! #4222615

Darryl Wilkinson April 27, 2007

Congratulations, MLA!! :) #4222834

Cora Miller level-classic April 27, 2007

It's my turn to say Wow! Fantastic capture, Carla, and congrats on making the finals. #4223031

Carla Metzler April 28, 2007

Thank you, Judy, Darryl :) and Cora. #4225375

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