By Vladimir Brezina
This week’s Photo Challenge is Delicate.
Flowers, of course… but also the way insects hold on to them, right way up or upside down, with a delicate touch…
Some other nice “Delicate” posts:
- Flickr Comments
- Scottseyephotos
- Johanstellerphotography
- Milners Blog
- Lost in Translation
- OUT & ABOUT in the city
- Fenland Photos
- right in front of me
- samapictures
- Learning to See Light
- Dory’s World
- breathofgreenair
- f-stop fantasy
- Jane’s Lens
- Broken Light: A Photography Collective
- patriciaddrury
- Pseu’s Blog
- Gasm Travels
- yi-ching lin photography
- Frames & Focus
- Eat, travel, photograph
- Artifacts and fictions
- A Nature Mom
Vladimir Brezina (RIP) 
Johna Till Johnson
Wind Against Current 
Beautiful shots.
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Thank you!
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The first shot’s wonderfully detailed, even if it does feature an, ulp, fly. And I love the two monarch shots :)
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Flies are fascinating when you see them up close, magnified ;-)
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perfect!
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Thanks!
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Love the butterflies…
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Yes, they are just begging to be photographed…
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Another sterling post.
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Thanks so much!!
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These are so beautiful. Delicate and beautiful.
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Thank you!!
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Perfectly delicate for the theme!
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Thanks, Shaanthz!
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Beautiful captures!
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Thank you very much!!
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The bee is delicate and at one point almost extinct !
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Let’s hope not!
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they are so beautiful :)
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:-)
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wow :-)
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:-) :-)
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Those are all beautiful, but the fly one is especially spectacular.
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Yes, I like the fly myself :-)
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Gorgeous images!
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Thank you!!
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Just beautiful, Vlad – delicate and exquisite. What an eye you have!
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Thanks, Lynn! Still trying to train it properly…
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Oh, well that is an ongoing process :-)
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Great entry for this theme, Vlad! The word delicate definitely comes to mind!
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Especially, to my mind, the way the insects hang on delicately upside down…
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beautiful Vlad…so clear. We are overrun with Monarch butterflies at the moment, some areas are running out of the plants they feed on
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That must be quite a sight to see, and photograph :-)
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Gorgeous for days. Love these!
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Thank you!!
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Lovely!
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Thanks!
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Great shots
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Thanks, Sue!
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Delicate indeed — very nice, Vlad!
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Thanks, Frank!
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Beautiful!
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Thank you so much!
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was just thinking to post butterflies photo too,loved the monarch nothing as delicate as babies,butterflies,doves,puppies
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Yes, and I think most of the responses to this challenge were along these lines :-)
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All wonderfully delicate.
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Thanks, Jeff!
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Gorgeous!
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Glad you like them!
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:)
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So lovely to see these photos as we transition from fall to winter…
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The insects are all gone now… but they’ll be back in the Spring!
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These are all beautiful; but the last with the yellow and purple flowers is particularly gorgeous.
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There’s a whole post of the photos from that day here.
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Thanks! Love all the photos, but particularly like your description of the milkweed bug clumps as “fiery encrustations!” Now THAT’s descriptive!
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Did I write that? :-) It certainly does sound appropriate, the way I remember it…
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ha ha!
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Your pictures are so beautiful.. stunning!
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Glad you like them!
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I love the monarch!
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Yes, they are spectacular!
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Absolutely beautiful!
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Thanks! :-)
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Hi Vladimir, Beautiful images- love butterflies and they are not easy to capture! Thank you for your mention of my blog-appreciate it!
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In flight, not easy. But when they land on a flower, there’s your chance!
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Wow, exquisite – I really like butterflies but they rarely stay still for long – you have done an excellent job capturing them!
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Got to move fast! Fortunately, you have plenty of chances as the butterfly flits from one flower to the next. If one photo doesn’t come out the next will…
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I love the last photo – blue and yellow together…gorgeous!
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… and the butterfly and bee :-)
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These photos are not only delicate…they are delightful too! In the winter months when the days have a tendency to be a little on the dreary side, these photos were very refreshing! You are an amazing photographer! :)
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Trying to be … thanks for your encouragement!! :-)
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Two posts in a row now we get to see a different side of your photography. It’s quite a change from the Gowanus Canal.
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Yes, the presentable and the unpresentable sides of NYC :-)
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Love the butterflies.
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Great—thanks!!
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Very lovely and properly exposed closeups. Wonderful colors in those Monarch images!
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…I love the teal-colored background in that pair!
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Thanks, John!! :-)
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Congratulations – your photos of the butterflies on the flowers are brilliant.
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Thanks—glad you like them!!
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I am used to seeing butterflies drink nectar, but never a fly. Fascinating!
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I didn’t really think about it either, but apparently it’s pretty common.
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How did you get them to hold still for you? Amazing.
Sorry about this, but I loathe insects —
but even I think that first shot is amazingly delicate and beautiful.
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They’ll hold still when they are feeding—for a few seconds at most, but that’s all you need…
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Fantastic images- thanks for sharing!
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You are most welcome! Happy New Year!
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I love butterfly time of the year. :) It’s so warm.
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Yes… in this case, it was the Indian Summer in late October, really the last days for the butterflies…
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Stunning shots :)
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Thanks, Jenn!
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