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Uploaded: 08/19/08 10:01 AM GMT
Swallowtail
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There are a lot of these guys around in bush right now...pretty sure this is an Eastern Swallowtail. They one of biggest buterflies in this area. I think the underside of their wings are more colorful than their topside.

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::Dunstickin
08/19/08 11:46 AM GMT
Wonderful clarity on this Gerry!...

Colours and composition are great!
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::Jimbobedsel
08/19/08 12:18 AM GMT
Excellent colors and crispness. Well done, Gerry.

Jimbob
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HEY
::RKG
08/19/08 12:50 AM GMT
Excellent detail and composition.
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::LynEve
08/19/08 1:25 PM GMT
Another wonderful work from you - pristine clarity and superb colours make this composition very special.
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The question is not what you look at, but what you see ~ Marcel Proust
.scorpie
08/19/08 2:27 PM GMT
Excellent capture Gerry.
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.Genver
08/19/08 2:48 PM GMT
Very good and clear view of the butterfly,very good colors too,the picture is very nice.
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::cynlee
08/19/08 4:06 PM GMT
Nice one! I think it depends (about the wings). I have seen some swallowtails with nice blues on the tops of the wings.
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::egggray
08/19/08 5:39 PM GMT
Geat closeup, I have not seen many of these this year.
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::gonedigital
08/19/08 10:47 PM GMT
Lovely butterfly macro Gerry
Certainly one of the best I've seen for a long while
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::0930_23
08/19/08 10:57 PM GMT
Colors are great as is the clarity. You came back with a flurry Gerry. Excellent post.

Tick
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I'll meet you at the edge of the sunlight, just behind the shadows. The Ghost
.gabriela2006
08/19/08 11:25 PM GMT
excellent shot ....beautiful colors:)
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::JQ
08/20/08 8:38 AM GMT
fabulous details even right down to that tonuge! excellent shot.
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=ppigeon
08/20/08 3:02 PM GMT
Antennas are bothperfectly focused. Wonderful capture :-)
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-Pierre-
::PatAndre
08/20/08 10:00 PM GMT
Boy, is this a keeper. MINE! All mine!
Pat
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::SEFA
08/21/08 5:51 AM GMT
Excellent shot with great details and clarity. Very well done!
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SEFA
.BossCamper
08/21/08 5:08 PM GMT
Very nice! Colour and DOF are excellent!
Well done!
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.OrchidLadyLinda
09/04/08 11:18 PM GMT
~ Lovely capture Gerry!
:)
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.fly
09/21/08 3:24 PM GMT
GIANT SWALLOWTAIL Papilio polyxenes asterius and it is from the eastern U.S. again great shot.
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::Paul_Gerritsen
09/23/08 8:28 PM GMT
Spot on focus!
a beauty!
Paul
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::wheedance
09/26/08 10:43 PM GMT
What perfect clarity! We had some of them, but they've been gone for awhile now.
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