Prefers Pink
Uploaded: October 16, 2014 08:44:30 | Entered: April 10, 2016 23:22:54
Texas sage is a native Texas flowering plant - and flower flies love the blooms...so do I. Found this little fellow at my favorite haunt - Zilker Botanical here in Austin. Resub D&M 04/16
Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 1/800 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 1250, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 100.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark III
JO ANN CLEVELAND October 16, 2014
Sooo pretty Val! #1591179Ann Lyssenko October 16, 2014
Details and wonderful motion from the position you chose for the flower with color and blur. Well Done Val! Ann #11160346Rony Sagy October 16, 2014
Perfection written all over this image. So delicate, so pink and so selectively detailed. Wonderful work. #11160379Monnie Ryan October 16, 2014
Beautiful soft pink flowers - and outstanding detail on the friend! #11160383Marijana Fajgl October 16, 2014
Outstanding details and colours, Val. What a beautiful capture! #11160496Tammy M. Anderson October 16, 2014
Amazing details, Val. Perfect capture and a winner. #11160546Michelle Alton October 16, 2014
How do you consistently come up with Nature shots that are at once delicate and sharp? This is another stunner and winner for you (IMHO). #11160582Colette M. Metcalf October 16, 2014
Wow!! I agree! Winner, Val!!!!! #11160590Leslie McLain October 16, 2014
Beautiful capture, Val. #11160598Terry Cervi October 16, 2014
Stellar work, Ms.V! The detail in this little syrphid is fantastic and I love the color and composition! So well done my friend!! #11160695Gord MacEachern October 16, 2014
Outstanding, outstanding, Val, sure this beauty will show up again!!! #11160722Douglas Pignet October 17, 2014
very nice macro with great colors and comp,,,well done #11160772Debbie Bray October 17, 2014
That is so lovely, Miss Val, from the colour of the flower to the sharpness of the fly, so well done, as always!!!! Fave! #11160846Jeff Robinson October 17, 2014
Great nature capture Val! #11160851Kathy Salerni October 17, 2014
What a beautiful flower, Val! Love the color and the little hairs around it's edges! Wonderful focus and comp! I thought that was a bee!!! #11161382Sheri Whala October 18, 2014
Awesome capture! #11161565Patrick Rouzes October 18, 2014
Exceptional detail & clarity on the flower fly(new word- hoverfly) and love the translucent feel to the overall image, Val.Looks like a winner. #11161582Mary Dimitriw October 19, 2014
Your detail is just outstanding! Stunning Val. #11162391Carol L. Fowler October 19, 2014
Hey- I just found one of these critters too! Beautiful to capture! #11162925Don Christiana October 20, 2014
Perfect detail and color captured in the flower fly along with the beautiful soft background. Great capture Val. Favorite. #11163508Emile Abbott October 21, 2014
Gorgeous details in this fabulous macro. Love Zilker when in Austin. #11164638Robert R. Goodman October 21, 2014
Hi Valarie,Absolutely beautiful my friend!!! #11164761Val Feldman October 22, 2014
Thanks so much for dropping by - appreciate much! #11165321Nadia Paul October 22, 2014
Wonderfully detailed fly on such a beautiful flower - awesome work as always Val! #11165617Dayna Cain October 23, 2014
Well to state the obvious, this is amazing but the point Michelle made is spot on. The balance you seem to find between a tack sharp focal point and the softness surrounding it is stunning. As always the colors are beautiful and composition is perfect. Perfection! #11165944Julie Burnett October 26, 2014
Ditto all the above, what more can I say? Great work, Val! #11168356Teresa Burnett November 11, 2014
WOW!! Incredible detail,Val!! Beautiful capture!! #11183604Marijana Fajgl May 30, 2016
Big congratulations on your well deserved finalist, Val! #11479905Emile Abbott May 30, 2016
Congratulations Val on fantastic finalist. #11479935Tammy M. Anderson May 30, 2016
Beautiful Finalist. Congrats! #11480128Patrick Rouzes May 30, 2016
Congrats on the well-deserved finalist, Val. Good luck, my friend.Kathy Salerni May 30, 2016
Huge congrats on all of your beautiful Finalists, Val! #11480266Nadia Paul May 30, 2016
So delicate and beautiful Val - congrats! #11480372Reynaldo D. Reyes May 30, 2016
Amazing capture and Congrats for the well-deserved finalist...Rey #11480399Natasha Pliss May 31, 2016
This is a masterpiece, Val! Fabulous, delicate colors and superb details. Love it. Congratulations! It has to be Golden. #11480590Gord MacEachern June 30, 2016
Big congrats Val, no surprise here, now bring on the gold !!! #11490452Sign up for an interactive online photography course to get critiques on your photos.
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