CARLETTA'S CAPTURES

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

Butterfly Kisses On Buddleia

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45 comments:

Phil Slade said...

Buddleia is a great plant Carletta. ours is full of butterflys just now.

EJ said...

Lovely shot! I see so many butterflies this year more than I did in the past years.

Chubskulit Rose said...

Wonderful shot!

Thistles and butterfly

Carver said...

Fantastic shot and I love the title.

JJ said...

Love the out of focus background leaving just the subject to shine.
Great pic
JJ

DeniseinVA said...

Wonderful capture of this beautiful butterfly and flower. Thanks Carletta, your photo certainly has put a smile on my face this morning. Have a great week.
An English Girl Rambles

Arija said...

So beautiful both butterfly and pink flower spike.

Anonymous said...

I see that the butterfly bush actually does attract butterflies. Lovely.

eileeninmd said...

A beautiful capture, Carletta!

Unknown said...

stunning photo! i love it!

Lui said...

It is so beautiful I'd kiss it too! Come to think of it, I'd kiss the butterfly too! ;-)

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous kiss and capture my friend.

Nikki - Notes of Life said...

Beautiful :)

Maria said...

What a beautiful capture! So nice!

John McDevitt said...

Great shot Carletta.

EG CameraGirl said...

Wonderful capture of the swallowtail, Carletta!

George said...

What a tremendous photo! It's beautiful.

Al said...

Nice name for a flower Buddleia! The butterfly is lovely, I bet she would like to visit my flowers.

April said...

Wonderful photoblog! Beautiful image of the butterfly and flower!

Pietro Brosio said...

What a wonderful macro-photo, Carletta! Very well done, I really enjoy it!
Happy new week!

Anonymous said...

This is Beautiful, Love the bokeh in the background

Lina Gustina said...

I really love your pic!
Thanks for dropping by, Carletta

Anonymous said...

Beautiful composition and bokeh!

toby said...

That is such a delicate, breathtaking shot! I need to get myself some butterfly-friendly flowers :)

SquirrelQueen said...

Beautiful butterfly, beautiful photo. Excellent shot Carletta.

Judy

The Road to Here

Ruth said...

Excellent shot!

Planting more flowers now to attract more butterflies to my garden. I will surely look for buddleia and plant some too.

blessings!

Maaike said...

it looks almost painted
lovely

A Bit of the Blarney said...

Exquisite!!!! Cathy

Hootin Anni said...

If this isn't perfection, then I don't know WHAT is!!!

My Monday Marigold

JunieRose2005 said...

Very beautiful!


Junie

Anonymous said...

Love the flutterbys!!!

Carolyn Ford said...

The flower and butterfly are so beautiful...and, your bokeh so nice...what a sweet scene!

Unknown said...

He posed so perfectly for you! Very pretty capture!

Charmaine Poulin said...

Beautiful capture!!!!!!

msdewberry said...

Beautiful shot! The bokea is great, makes the butterfly really stand out!!

Neal said...

That's a nice shot. Seems like butterflies know when I'm trying to take their picture and won't sit still. :)

Susan Tidwell said...

Beautiful! Butterflies are great photo subjects, they seem to pose for us and hold still at just the right moment. Love the colors!

Chesney said...

So beautiful and love that bokeh!

Rose said...

Perfect title, Carletta! It is one of those that I wonder why I didn't think of that....very nice capture to go along with it.

Frank... said...

Captured perfectly, Carletta...

http://graceolsson.com/blog said...

beautiful shot...great background
congrats

Janneke said...

Amazing photo!
TFS

Mimi said...

It's beautiful, and a great title too!

Adrienne Zwart said...

This is gorgeous, Carletta! I love all that pretty bokeh in the background.

Unknown said...

another beauty!

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