What a beautiful photo!!! Shannon, your butterfly photos are amazing!!
Artist Reply: Thank you, Nancy! I really appreciate your wonderful comment! I was very lucky this year! Unlike last year, I was able to find an abundance of beautiful butterflies in the mountains! Some I found on our property and some while we were hiking!
Excellent capture. I'm painting one of these butterflies at the moment using iridescent medium but there's nothing quite like the real thing!
Artist Reply: Cathy, thank you so much for your comment! I really appreciate it! I would love to see your butterfly painting once you are done with it! I bet it will be absolutely beautiful! There were an abundance of butterflies where we were in the mountains this year! They were all very beautiful, even the ones with torn and tattered wings!
I read once, I think in National Geographic, that yellow swallowtails could change their color as a defense emchanism. It seems there is a blue moth that doesn't taste good, so the swallowtail can change colors to fool the birds..for protection. Do you suppose that is what is happening here? Beautiful photograph.
Artist Reply: Minnie, you may very well be right! This butterfly does appear to be changing its colors! You're very observant!
I love your portfolio full of precious creations!!
Artist Reply: Thank you so much, Olga! I appreciate your comment! I would love for you to see my main website! This is just a small collection on AW. I have a lot more to post on both sites!
30 Comments
John Cappello 28 May 2012
You've Created a Stunningly Beautiful Image here!Anonymous Guest 28 Jun 2010
AwesomeKarie Goffic 29 Apr 2008
wow, so beautiful!debbie collier 19 Apr 2008
Beautifully done!!!!Inspire Art 14 Dec 2007
just lovely!Nancy Aldrich 05 Dec 2007
What a beautiful photo!!! Shannon, your butterfly photos are amazing!!annette steens 04 Nov 2007
what a colourful dream!Cathy Savels 03 Nov 2007
Excellent capture. I'm painting one of these butterflies at the moment using iridescent medium but there's nothing quite like the real thing!Darlene Bayne 02 Nov 2007
Another stunning capture. I love the colors in the butterfly. Excellent focus.Robin Brown 20 Oct 2007
You got the perfect title for this image, magnificent work.Ron Johnson 19 Oct 2007
Shannon: This is a great photo....I love the Tiger Swallowtail!joe valcourt 19 Oct 2007
stunning detail--fantasticJohn Fish 19 Oct 2007
another beauty. You have a talent for clicking the shutter at just the right second and the lighting is wonderfulAlfi Wardhani 19 Oct 2007
Nice shot!! I love the colour!Minnie Shuler 18 Oct 2007
I read once, I think in National Geographic, that yellow swallowtails could change their color as a defense emchanism. It seems there is a blue moth that doesn't taste good, so the swallowtail can change colors to fool the birds..for protection. Do you suppose that is what is happening here? Beautiful photograph.Matt Arpen 18 Oct 2007
gorgues colors.Tahnja Wolter 18 Oct 2007
Aren't they just the most beautiful creatures, so very beautifulOlga van Dijk 18 Oct 2007
I love your portfolio full of precious creations!!mahesh konsam 18 Oct 2007
God --- The Great Designer !! feels like a painting !!Federica Bentivoglio 12 Oct 2007
Oh this is a perfect photo!Patty Day 11 Oct 2007
Beautiful shot, Shannon!!!Jessica Courtley-Rose 06 Oct 2007
Great capture of a Swallowtail!Rob Keller 06 Oct 2007
What a wonderful image Shannon, Love robJerry 03 Oct 2007
Very detailed, pretty and colorful!Bailey Hopper 02 Oct 2007
Wow, your butterflies knock me out. The colors are stunning!ANTARES 02 Oct 2007
wonderfulTeresa Trant 01 Oct 2007
beautifulLaurie Rawdon 01 Oct 2007
Another geat capture Shannon!!!! The blue is so brilliant!!Emily Reed 01 Oct 2007
BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY CAPTURE, SHANNON!Joanna Jungjohann 01 Oct 2007
YES!~ AWESOME INDEED!~