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Uploaded: February 09, 2010 23:46:59
Male "Dryas iulia," commonly known as the Julian butterfly, is native from Brazil to Texas and Florida.
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This image took top honors in the non-professional color, insects and animals category at the Indiana State Fair 2010!
Exif: F Number: 7.1, Exposure Bias Value: 4.00, ExposureTime: 1/400 seconds, Flash: fired, compulsory flash mode, return light detected, ISO: 200, White balance: Manual white balance, FocalLength: 105.00 mm, Model: NIKON D300
Usman M. Bajwa February 09, 2010
Super pov, colors and dof, Cindy. Very pretty!UB. #1237016
Toni Riggs February 10, 2010
Amazing clarity, color and perfect lighting! #8370193Brett Dolsen February 10, 2010
Outstanding light,colour,detail and composition Cindy!! #8370200Tiia Vissak February 10, 2010
a wonderful close-up! #8370204Laura L. Gonzales February 10, 2010
Really beautiful Cindy!! Love the color and comp!! Fantastic clarity and super detail!!! Hope to see this again!!! Laura #8370207Tommy E. Burgess February 10, 2010
Stunning macro Cindy!! The colors, light, details, dof, and composition are all outstanding! #8370254Mary K. Robison February 10, 2010
Wonderful colors, clarity and dof in this lovely macro, Cindy! #8370278Tammy M. Anderson February 10, 2010
Wonderful detils, lighting and colors. Just beautiful, Cindy. #8370315Nikki McDonald February 10, 2010
Great job, Cindy. Love the light, detail and colors in this one and the perspective is outstanding. Cleared for take-off! #8370392Deborah J. Bibbins February 10, 2010
Just beautiful, Amazing comp, color and detail. #8370405Amy M. Wilson February 10, 2010
Stunning... love the colors, details and lighting on this beauty, Cindy! #8370607Jeff Robinson February 10, 2010
Very impressive Cindy - Great comp, color and lighting! Jeff #8370610Hayden Cannon February 10, 2010
Fantastic capture Cindy outstanding colors, lighting, comp, details and pov fantastic work! #8370742David Guzman February 10, 2010
Outstanding image. The angle of the butterfly...the colors.. the clarity..the lightning, antenna position..all add up to a great photo! #8372734Summer A. Kozisek February 10, 2010
Great macro Cindy, beautiful colors and details! #8372956Stefania Barbier February 12, 2010
amazing.... winner!!! #8377879Dianna Murphy February 13, 2010
Love the luminance quality and light, Beautiful work Cindy. #8378927Leslie McLain February 13, 2010
Amazing capture, Cindy. The colors and light are terrific. #8379591Leslie McLain February 13, 2010
Amazing capture, Cindy. The colors and light are terrific. #8379593Leslie McLain February 13, 2010
Amazing capture, Cindy. The colors and light are terrific. #8379595Kay Beausoleil February 24, 2010
Great detail, pose and colour, Cindy -- a superb image! #8412247Tiia Vissak March 26, 2010
Congratulations! #8483307Stefania Barbier March 26, 2010
congratulations on your gorgeous finalist! #8483878Amy M. Wilson March 26, 2010
I knew we'd be seeing this beauty again.... HUGE congratulations on your FABULOUS Finalist, Cindy!!! #8484410Carol Eade March 26, 2010
Congratulations on your terrific finalist, Cindy! #8484421Patrick Rouzes March 26, 2010
Cindy, CONGRATULATIONS on this incredible finalist! WTG! #8485007Deborah Lewinson March 26, 2010
Congratulations, Cindy, on this gorgeous finalist!Debby #8485729
Robert Jensen March 26, 2010
As an entomologist and insect photographer, I must say that this is one of the best lep photos I have ever seen! Great title too - Straight into my favs. #8485988Thomas E. Hinds March 27, 2010
Wonderful clear capture! Terrific Finalist! Congratulations! #8486294Courtenay Vanderbilt March 27, 2010
Gorgeous, Cindy! Congratulations! #8486907Hayden Cannon March 27, 2010
Big congratulations on your well deserved and superb finalist! Cindy #8487311Debra R. Harder March 27, 2010
WOW, Cindy! This is truly amazing! Huge congratulations on your outstanding finalist!! Deb #8487342Laurie Daily March 27, 2010
Fabulous!!! Congrats, Cindy! #8488209Tommy E. Burgess March 27, 2010
Huge congratulations on this outstanding and well deserved finalist Cindy!! Best of luck in the next round! #8488748Renee Doyle March 27, 2010
Big congratulations on this excellent finalist Cindy!! #8489225Barbara Waldoch March 28, 2010
Congratulations on this beautiful Finalist, Cindy! #8489321Cindy Bendush March 28, 2010
Thanks so much BP friends! #8489361Mary K. Robison March 28, 2010
This TOTALLY deserves to be among the finalists, Cindy! Congratulations, and best of luck next level!Linda D. Lester March 28, 2010
This should go all the way.....my favorite butterfly shot ever! Great job!!! Congratulations! #8489815Deborah Lewinson March 28, 2010
Stunning finalist, Cindy! Congrats again and best wishes for the next round!Kathy Cline March 28, 2010
I Agree with Linda!!Renee Doyle March 28, 2010
BIG congrats to you Cindy on this awesome Grand Prize Winner!!!!!! So deserving!!!!!! #8491868Donna La Mattino Pagakis March 28, 2010
Wow Cindy, this is really beautiful. A huge congratulations on your Grand Prize win!!! #8491897Robert Jensen March 28, 2010
Glad to see my favorite lep photo won #8491901Kathy Salerni March 28, 2010
Congratulations on your first place win ,Cindy ! #8491942Michael J. Bandy March 28, 2010
Congrats on the Grand Prize win. This is an amazing shot! Well done and well deserved!! #8492050Tiia Vissak March 28, 2010
Congratulations! #8492058Alex T. Mizuno March 28, 2010
My God, this is such a great image Cindy!! Well deserved Grand Prize winner!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!! It's so exciting to see your work as a Grand Prize winner!!!!!!!! #8492096Janice Mezzacappa March 28, 2010
Magnificent winner Cindy Huge Congrats on the Grand Prize!!!!! Gorgeous work!! #8492111Susana Ms Heide March 28, 2010
WOW!!! I am truly impressed by this amazing image!!! Super choice for Grand Prize!! HUGE CONGRATS Cindy!!! Until now your most memorable image for me was the kitten image (an all time fav of mine from BP) and now this one is right up there too :o) #8492128Raymond Pauly March 29, 2010
Congratulations on an Outstanding Winner, Cindy! #8492153Mary K. Robison March 29, 2010
WAY TO GO, CINDY!Jennifer L. Alder March 29, 2010
Yay!!! BIG congrats, Cindy, on your GRAND PRIZE win. :) #8492217Agnes Fegan March 29, 2010
Wow...congratulations on your Grand Prize!!! #8492321Michelle Alton March 29, 2010
Gorgeous, thrilling, and a wonderful GP winner for you, Cindy! Congratulations! #8492391paul parent March 29, 2010
congratulations on your Outstanding Grand Prize!!! #8492435Amy M. Wilson March 29, 2010
HOORAY!!!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!!! You SOOOO deserve this, girl... a STUNNING and very well-deserved GRAND PRIZE win... LOVE IT, Cindy!!!! ;o) #8492604Linda D. Lester March 29, 2010
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so happy to see this here! Like I said the best butterfly shot ever! Way to go! Congratulations! #8492630Cindy Bendush March 29, 2010
Thank you so much my friends! I really wasn't expecting this at all - it came as a surprise - and what a nice one too! I'm a bit overwhelmed :-) #8492636Ujjwal Mukherjee March 29, 2010
HUGE congratulations,Cindy!! WTG !!!! #8492662Anna Diederich March 29, 2010
Congratulations Cindy! So excited for you! #8492693Janet McNeil March 29, 2010
Congratulations on your Grand Prize win!! #8492713Tammy M. Anderson March 29, 2010
Congrats on your beautiful grand prize winner, Cindy. #8492789Thomas E. Hinds March 29, 2010
Beautiful image! Congratulations on having the Grand Prize Winner! #8492865Patti Coblentz March 29, 2010
Congratulations on your grand prize winner, Cindy...this is beautiful!! WTG :)Patti #8492880
Freddy Bland March 29, 2010
FANTASTIC win, Cindy!! Congratulations on a stunning image and well-deserved Grand Prize Winner!!! It's gorgeous!! #8492945Judy V. Kennamer March 29, 2010
Absolutely GORGEOUS Cindy!!! Congrats on your wonderful Grand Prize winner!!! #8492950Laurence Saliba March 29, 2010
WOWWWWWWW Congratulations on your Grand Prize Cindy!!!!! WTG!!!!! #8492970Courtenay Vanderbilt March 29, 2010
Fantastic, Cindy! CONGRATULATIONS! #8493033Anne M. Young March 29, 2010
This is superb....a huge Congratulations! #8493044Renata Gusciora March 29, 2010
Congratulations on your Grand Prize,Cindy!!!:-) #8493187Mary Beth Aiello March 29, 2010
Just an absolutely outstanding capture, Cindy. Huge congrats on this fabulous Grand Prize. I'm so happy for you. Spectacular. #8493254Margaret R. Barry March 29, 2010
Congratulations on your spectacular Grand Prize winner, Cindy! #8493413Patrick Rouzes March 29, 2010
Cindy, CONGRATULATIONS on your INCREDIBLE Grand Prize WINNER! WTG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #8493450Debra R. Harder March 29, 2010
This is so BRILLIANT, Cindy! WTG!! HUGE CONGRATULATIONS on your SUPERB GRAND PRIZE WINNER!!!!!! Deb #8493610Daniella Puente March 29, 2010
BIG CONGRATS on this great winner Cindy!!! #8493656Dianna Murphy March 29, 2010
WTG girl!!! Congratulations on your extraordinary winner! #8493699Carol Eade March 29, 2010
Much congratulations, Cindy, on your gorgeous Grand Prize winner!! #8493719Phyllis H. Burchett March 29, 2010
Absolutely stunning, Congrats on your Grand Prize!! #8493758Jessica Jenney March 29, 2010
Congratulations, Cindy on your beautiful Grand Prize win! #8493874JO ANN CLEVELAND March 29, 2010
Congratulations on your Grand Prize Winner Cindy! Awesome!!jo ann c. #8493901
Sheri Camarda March 29, 2010
A huge Congratulations to you Cindy!!! It is an awesome capture! #8493931Stefania Barbier March 29, 2010
WTG Cindy huge congrats on your GP!!!!!! #8494090Virginia Leone March 29, 2010
Great win for an outstanding photo, well deserved and congrats! #8494183Guy D. Biechele March 29, 2010
Outstanding image! Congratulations on your GP win. #8494250Shawn Jennings March 29, 2010
WTG Cindy! Congratulations on your win! #8494272Adrienne I. Brand March 29, 2010
Beautiful bokeh, colors are complimentary and fab composition. Love it - congrats! #8494812Mark Dodge March 29, 2010
Wooo Hoooo! Congratulations on your BIG WIN, Cindy! Excellent work. Well done! #8494822Christopher M. Grant March 29, 2010
Congrats on your win! Beautiful capture. #8494872Lydia Williams March 29, 2010
Great Title and gorgeous pic! Well done...Congratulations! #8494897Sam Britt March 29, 2010
Huge Congrats on your Grand Prize winner, Cindy!! #8495072Michael Umbreit March 29, 2010
Cindy - Congratulations!! - Mike #8495137Michelle D. Allen March 29, 2010
Congratulations, Cindy! What an amazing photo. Very deserving of the the big win! WTG! #8495222Deborah Lewinson March 29, 2010
Hardy congrats, Cindy, on your marvelous Grand Prize Winner!!!Rona L. Schwarz March 29, 2010
Wonderful macro capture, Cindy, the colors and lighting are terrific - and I love the bokeh BG! CONGRATULATIONS on your Grand Prize Winner!! #8495804Cindy Bendush March 29, 2010
Thank you all so much! I am honored and humbled to be among so many really great photographers and friends!Many Blessings! #8495862
Ellen Hodges March 29, 2010
Huge congrats on your awesome win, Cindy!!!! Wow!!! #8495898Arnie Horwitz March 29, 2010
Congratulations for this great Grand Prize Winner, Cindy! #8496065Tommy E. Burgess March 29, 2010
Huge congratulations on your outstanding and well deserved Grand Prize win Cindy!!! Outstanding work!! #8496100Evy Johansen March 29, 2010
Big congratulations on your beautiful and well deserved Grand Prize Win, Cindy! #8496129Usman M. Bajwa March 29, 2010
WTG Cindy. HUGE CONGRATZ. on your GP win!! I specially love the orange reflection of the butterfly falling on the leaf. Very pretty indeed.UB. #8496255
Karen Bacon March 30, 2010
A big congrats on this outstanding winner,Cindy! #8497298Jeff Robinson March 30, 2010
Congrats Cindy on your Fantastic GP Win!! Jeff #8497888Nadia Paul March 30, 2010
Superb macro Cindy - congrats on your GP win! #8498179Ann Coates March 30, 2010
Huge congratulations on your GP win Cindy. #8498390Kristi A. Howson March 30, 2010
Congratulations Cindy on this stunning Grand Prize winner. DOF is amazing on this. #8498956Toni Riggs March 31, 2010
congrats! #8499385David M. Montero March 31, 2010
Beautiful capture Cindy. Congratulations!!! #8500570Lois Adomite March 31, 2010
Congratulations, a beautiful capture. #8501507Marcel Eni March 31, 2010
Cindy, congrats on this big deserved winner ! #8501529Rony Sagy April 01, 2010
Huge Congratulations Cindy on your fantastic, well deserving, Grand Prize win. #8503090Anne McKinnell April 01, 2010
Stunning detail Cindy, congratulations on your big win!! #8503513Jean-Pierre Ducondi April 02, 2010
Outstanding image. Big congrats on your win.Fran J. Jagger April 02, 2010
Congrats on this Outstanding Capture, Cindy!! WOW!! :) #8506080Kathy L. Clark April 04, 2010
CINDY THIS IS MAGNIFICENT. HUGE CONGRATS ON A WELL DESERVED GRAND PRIZE WINNER. #8509121Nick Lagos April 06, 2010
Congratulations on the huge honor of winning the biggest prize of all Cindy...well done #8514385Linda Blair April 06, 2010
This is just totally awesome....a huge congratulations on your fabulous Grand Prize Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #8515356Paula Showen April 07, 2010
Fantastic shot!!! Congratulations on your major big win!!!! #8518404Cindy Bendush April 07, 2010
Thank you all so much! I deeply appreciate your comments :-) #8518519Mark Dodge August 02, 2010
Hi Cindy. I wanted to congratulate you on your win with this at the state fair. Truly a real winner. Magnificent work! #8800615Cindy Bendush August 03, 2010
Thanks again Mark! #8804345Songbird Cline September 19, 2010
wow, gorgeous lighting and clarity! it glows! #8917625Karen Celella December 17, 2010
Congratulations on your multiple wins, Cindy! #9111253Carole L. Parker June 03, 2011
Wow Cindy. Congrats!! #9442923Karen Slagle November 17, 2011
Oh wow, Cindy. This one REALLY got the gold. This is fabulous, don't know how I missed it. Huge belated congrats. #9814974Bill Houghton June 24, 2012
Cindy, this is a beautiful image. I can see why it won first place. Bill #10198322William C. Raco March 16, 2013
Fantastic Grand Prize photo.Wm Nosal April 05, 2013
Awesome Capture, Cindy!Big Pat On The Back :) #10643048
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