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Uploaded: 07/11/15 5:03 PM GMT
Red Admiral
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This was a lucky capture in a garden, not at the butterfly exhibit. The red admiral, native to temperate Europe, North America and Asia was visiting the lantana next to where I was standing shooting some other flowers. I quickly and quietly pivoted and caught this! I was shooting in macro mode so no fiddling with the camera was needed. Lucky shot!

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::mirto56
07/11/15 5:26 PM GMT
Lucky shots are fun to discover when you get back home a review shots from the day. Your quick reflexes captured a beauty, Kathy. Fantastico.
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Smile, without a reason why. Love, as if you were a child, Smile, no matter what they tell you Don't listen to a word they say Cause life is beautiful that way. (From the film "Life Is Beautiful")
::Ramad
07/11/15 5:40 PM GMT
Your quick action has produced a lovely and colourful image Kathy. That butterfly looks very nice resting on the flowers.
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Smooth seas do not make skilful sailors.
::biffobear
07/11/15 7:07 PM GMT
This Red Admiral is certainly the Master of the fleet...Lovely...R.
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I wish I was a Glow Worm, a Glow Worm's never glum, 'cause how can you be grumpy, when the sun shines out your bum?
::jerseygurl
07/11/15 8:56 PM GMT
The red admiral looks good taking a sip of nectar from the lantana Kathy - you were at the right place at the right time and in the right focal mode - Great Capture!!!:-):-):-)!
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.Joanie
07/11/15 9:32 PM GMT
Beautiful color and the focus perfect Kathy!!! Another one for your wonderful gallery!!
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ALWAYS VIEW FULL SCREEN...SO MUCH MORE BEAUTY!
::tigger3
07/11/15 10:17 PM GMT
Kudos on this one Kathy, very good color, and detail. There seems to be abundance of them this year, and not much of the other kinds, I wonder why. Have not seen one Monarch yet, I have a feeling because of their habit loss, we are loosing them. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
.GIGIBL
07/11/15 10:19 PM GMT
Lovely shot very well captured.
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::Jimbobedsel
07/11/15 11:55 PM GMT
Pretty colorful butterfly, and it looks great sitting on those flowers. Excellent work, Kathy.
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::icedancer
07/12/15 1:45 AM GMT
What a lucky shot and you were in the right place at the right time for this capture. Beautiful markings and colours, Bravo my friend
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VIEWED IN FULL
::Constance52347
07/12/15 2:23 AM GMT
What a beautiful image...the vivid colors of the butterfly and the lantana as a setting!
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.susanlynn
07/13/15 3:29 PM GMT
A beautiful capture, Kathy, of the butterfly and the blooms.
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Life is a Constant Audition
.Eubeen
07/25/15 1:43 AM GMT
A terrific capture of the butterfly, Kathy. Lovely colours and good details in the photo.
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Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane. -- Philip K. Dick, Valis

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