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28-JUL-2006

The fly and the Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus!

Another pik from yesterday but a Gate keeper butterfly and a fly were fighting for supremacy of the thistle, The butterfly won! It was hard again to get both insects sharp!
Best in original!

Canon EOS 20D
1/500s f/5.6 at 100.0mm iso100 full exif

other sizes: small medium large original auto
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Terry Thormin03-Nov-2007 21:37
This is a super image Carole, featuring the two insects, and the thistle. Well composed. V
Bob Moul22-Sep-2006 19:48
Neat image, Carole. What a lovely Butterfly!
Guest 04-Aug-2006 22:47
As usual Ray has said it before me! Great background Caz - goes very well with the butterfly!
Vilone30-Jul-2006 22:49
Beautiful capture! Great composition. Great work, Carole. Vote
chrisse30-Jul-2006 07:20
Great catch Carole, bet you didn't have much time to get this shot. Well done.
chrisse
Lloyd & Sandy Spitalnik30-Jul-2006 04:45
Lovely image Carole. Looks like they are peacefully coexisting now. Sandy
Jay Levin30-Jul-2006 02:50
Wow. This one is even more amazing than the last one. V
Sheila30-Jul-2006 01:05
Two for the price of one! Lovely capture, Carole.
Dreamy background too.
Pepe Zyman29-Jul-2006 20:15
Excellent catch!
Ray :)29-Jul-2006 19:03
What is a real bonus here is the beautifully coloured background. Lovely.
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