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Swallowtail Butterfly and Milkweed

Swallowtail Butterfly and Milkweed

Swallowtail Butterfly sipping the sweet milkweed nectar through its extended proboscis...

Swallowtail Butterfly sipping the sweet milkweed nectar through its extended proboscis...
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camera

NIKON D7200

settings

settings

Aperture 63/10 ISO 6400 Shutter 10/10000 Focal Length 3000/10

location

location

Gloversville, New York, US

upload_date

upload_date

Jul, 2019

Views

1183

Likes

+329

Awards

Fall Award 2020

Peer Award

+132

Absolute Masterpiece

+28

Top Choice

+27

Magnificent Capture

+22

Superb Composition

+22

Outstanding Creativity

+1

Superior Skill

All Star

Virtuoso

Emotions

Impressed

+25

Happy

+2

Top Ranks

Top 10 rank

Top 10 rank week 2

Top 10 rank week 1

Top 10 rank

Categories

Nature

PRO

Impressive macro

Thank you :)

Outstanding macro photography.

Thank you for your wonderful comments. I truly appreciate them.

PRO+

Excellent!!!

Thank you very much :)

Platinum

Wonderful Capture!

Thank you. I appreciate it. :)

Platinum

Very nice picture Greg

Thanks, Enrique. I appreciate it very much.

Gorgeous macro Gregory!

Thank you, Carolyn. I truly appreciate it. :)

Submit this one this is a beauty!

Beautiful macro!!!

in my humble opinion, you are an extraordinary photographer!

I love to watch this fatty butterfly, very healthy, it means they really enjoy the nectars of those flowers. Congratulations on your Fall Award 2020!

Platinum

Gorgeous photo! the color, clarity of this shallow depth of field, and this beautiful butterfly!

PRO+

Exceptional macro photography

Wow. I love butterflies. This is marvelous!

Beautiful photograph!

I remember travelling to Kefelonia and seeing this beautiful specimen,think somewhere in my collection I captured a butterfly like this.

Platinum

Absolutely Beautiful:-)

Love your photo

I love your photography Greg!!😀

Thanks! I appreciate it. Likewise to you! You have an excellent gallery!

😀 Totally AWESOME

Thank you, Jo. I appreciate it. :)

Platinum

Wow! Great job on this Swallowtail!

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