Platinum

PlanetPal

iridescent beauty

iridescent beauty

The butterfly landed on a large palm leaf, in front of a brilliant white wall. The sun gave a fantastic iridescence to the insect's wings and it was a pict...
Read more

The butterfly landed on a large palm leaf, in front of a brilliant white wall. The sun gave a fantastic iridescence to the insect's wings and it was a picture waiting to be shot.
Read less

camera

NIKON D3300

settings

settings

Aperture f/5.6 ISO 180 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 2000/10

upload_date

upload_date

Jul, 2017

Views

45

Likes

Awards

Peer Choice Award

Absolute Masterpiece

Superior Skill

Top Choice

Outstanding Creativity

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 20 rank

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 30 rank week 1

Top 20 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 30 rank

Top 30 rank week 1

Categories

See all

Same photographer See all

A winter's hike through a forest in Ontario gave me the opportunity to use my wide-angle mode in my GoPro and I was able to capture this image of

This window cover is a shutter on an abandoned air force base. The weather has given the wood some wonderful textures and colours on the shutter and o

A portrait of a young woman - turned into a dream-like vision of the Fairy Queen.

A simple shot that I pushed into a high key look for the overall softness and delicate feel.

Early Spring - cold morning down by the lake, a very fluffed-up Northern Cardinal came to see what I was doing. Voila, the photo was made.

Whilst photographing the beautiful spring apple tree blossom in my garden, I discovered a number of small birds feeding. This image captured a chickad

R. is a classical double bass musician and a rockabilly bass player. Here he is waiting for his cue - looking spectacular in his black & whites.

This young polar bear had just gotten up from rolling around in the snow and sliding down a small slope. Alert, smelling the air.

From the Toronto Islands, a view of the ever changing, ever expanding Toronto waterfront skyline. In BxW, it reminded my of the whole film noir genre,

At a visit to my local botanical garden, I came across this exquisite tulip.

I live near a flower seller. This store has a lovely laneway at the side that is used to sell a huge range of cultivated flowers in pots and baskets,

Taking the summertime sunflower icon and putting it into a spiral to create something fresh but recognisable. A good goal of minimal marketplace.

This beautiful Dragonfly came to rest on a stone in my garden recently and sat there warmed by the spring sun for over an hour. It is, as you can see,

This wonderful Raven was just sitting on a snow bank in the sunshine and allowed me to get within 10 feet to take this portrait - with its feathers go

The bright lights of the Toronto skyline show the world that Toronto is open for business at night and even the darkness cannot dim its liveliness.

Water drop photography - one of my favourite pastimes....

Full of adventure, life and energy, my young model - Madi - loves climbing. So, a local jungle gym with a climbing sculpture seemed the perfect place

My cousin wanted a portrait, but not the usual type, something special. As she's developing into a lovely, young woman, this art-style image of h

Discover more photos See all

A kudu bull in the evening sun at Chobe National Park, Botswana, by chriswhittier

Stags battling by gottobeme1234

A beautiful lion rests peacefully on top of a rock with the sunset in its backgroung by rferreira

A herd of Bison came along and started rubbing on this tree. by SusiStroud

a damselfly sitting on a human hand by kasper

_DSC0329##IG-@ARochaGouvea(2020) by Living_all_dream

birthday pup by TBPhoto

My lovely Grace in action!!!! by marcobertazzoni

A blue jay taking a dip by alechickman

I wouldn't argue with him! Would you? by KimTR

Piesd Shags form a Yin Yang sign by johankoch

Bob in a Box by melissa3339

Elisardo Minks_VLN8306 email by elisardominks

Photo by wayward_images

When she finds a twig, all her interest is there, none for me anymore! :-) by KarinSPhotography

_V1I2864LuminarAI.jpeg by alainmauviel

Young common raccoon dog by KalleP

Sea lion toenails by TimMoor

It’s your time to shine! ☀️

Share photos. Enter contests to win great prizes.
Earn coins, get amazing rewards. Join for free.

Or

Already a member? Log In

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service, and acknowledge you've read our Privacy Policy Notice.