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WC #471 Damaged goods

Gallery: Weekly ChallengePosted February 20, 2011109 views14 comments

The damaged wings of this Sulphur male suggest me that this specimen has been in circulation for a quite some time. Taken last summer in a meadow on the Ligurian Apennines.

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C&C are very welcome.

Comments

14 comments

Comment posted by Peter Richter on February 20, 2011 at 2:36 PM

The shot is really telling a story, Monica. Beautiful colors and perfect depth of field!
Peter

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Comment posted by Monica Siri on February 20, 2011 at 2:53 PM

Thanks for the comment thus far.
Rich, despite my muscles I used a tripod.

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Comment posted by Dan Moore on February 20, 2011 at 3:00 PM

Really good detail,complementary colors and simple but perfect BG.Super Post!!

Dan

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Comment posted by Mauro Pasquero on February 20, 2011 at 5:28 PM

Poor thing ! Neat entry, Monica. I like very much the combination of nice complementary colors.
Mauro

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Comment posted by Eva McDermott on February 20, 2011 at 5:50 PM

Gorgeous color Monica! Beautiful detail as well.

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Comment posted by Howard Cheek on February 20, 2011 at 7:11 PM

An ideal offering for this theme Monica, an artistic macro of the first degree..
Simple and true, the paradox of perfection..
The imperfection here is perfectly perfect

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Comment posted by Rob Graham on February 20, 2011 at 11:20 PM

beautiful colors and detail; I find the way the wing is damaged to be interesting

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Comment posted by Barbara Graham on February 21, 2011 at 7:27 AM

Great comp, colors, light, background, beautiful image. Great image for this challenge, Monica.

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Comment posted by Fabio Giarrizzo on February 21, 2011 at 3:34 PM

Nice drinking Colias- Great light, details and BG on this pic- Well done, Fabio

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Comment posted by Steve Balke on February 21, 2011 at 4:47 PM

I love the contrasting colors and spectacular detail, Monica.

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Comment posted by Cynthia Crawford on February 22, 2011 at 10:12 AM

Very pretty, even so!

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Comment posted by Stan Rose on February 22, 2011 at 9:07 PM

Damaged or not--i love the yellow-purple contrast here!

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Comment posted by SandyRichardsBrown on February 26, 2011 at 2:59 AM

Monica, beautiful image!
Perfect DOF and plane of focus, great colors, nice BG.
Really nice entry in the WC!

So many times, the entries fit the theme, but are not very good pictures. Yours are always excellent!
Sandy

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Comment posted by Pam Colander on February 26, 2011 at 7:27 PM

If your detail wasn't so dazzling, this might not look too damaged at all! This is technically wonderful in every way Monica. Thanks for the large version, it is stunning!

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