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Butterfly Fixation

"There is as much to be discovered

and to astonish in magnifying an insect

as a star."

 

-William Harris

"How does one become a butterfly?" she asked pensively.

"You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give

up being a caterpillar."

 

-Trina Paulus

"If only we can see ourselves as butterflies sit cozily and probe into the flower's heart... then we can rediscover beauty within us."

 

-James Nicolay

"For beauty being the best of all we

know sums up the unsearchable and secret

aims of nature."

 

-Robert Bridges

"Even in silence beauty is

eloquent beyond the power of words."

 

-Anonymous

"A good book is as marvelous as a butterfly in flight."

 

-Unknown

"Surely it is better, when summer is over

To die when all fair things are fading away.

I'd be a Butterfly."

 

-Thomas Haynes Bayly

"Butterflies...flowers that fly and all but sing."

 

-Robert Frost

"Butterflies are not insects.

They are self propelled flowers."

 

-Robert A. Heinlein

"Flowers and butterflies drift in colour:

illuminating spring."

 

-Unknown

"Love is like a butterfly,

it goes where it pleases

and it pleases wherever it goes."

 

-Unknown

"They seemed to come suddenly upon happiness as if

they had surprised a butterfly in the winter woods."

 

-Edith Wharton

"I do not know whether I was then a man

dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I

am now a butterfly dreaming I am a man."

 

-Chang-Tzu

"Just living is not enough," said the butterfly,

"One must have sunshine, freedom,

and a little flower."

 

-Hans Christian Anderson

"How soft indeed the song of

butterflies eating."

 

-Takayama Kyoshi

"We are like butterflies who flutter

for a day and think it's forever."

 

-Carl Sagan

The butterfly counts not months,

but moments, and yet has time enough."

 

-Rabinhranath Tagore
COMMENTS
Chilla said at 1:42 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
A beautifully constructed tabblo and lovely pictures
Mariusblack said at 1:42 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
wow, fixation nga. haha! but great, great images. sharp!!!
Sirnicolay said at 1:52 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thanks, Chilla! ... Marius, I had these butterfly pictures for months from two different locations.. Not sure what to do with them.. Since they're too overrated, I thought, why not wallow in its overratedness.. Hahaha! Thanks for the wow, bro! :)
Mariusblack said at 2:01 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
been planning to do butterfly set as well. maybe when i get my new cam by june. =)
Sirnicolay said at 2:10 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Oh.. What camera are you currently using? And what's the new cam going to be? I bet you're excited! Hehe!
Alexey68 said at 2:23 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Wow!!!! Great pictures!!!!
Sirnicolay said at 2:24 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thanks, Alexey! :)
Mariusblack said at 2:36 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
still my point and shoot fuji f20. my new one will be the canon eos 450D. *giddy with excitement* hahaha!
Sirnicolay said at 2:44 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
You're using point and shoot!!! You'll do wonders with DSLR :)
Mariusblack said at 2:59 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
yup, all of my pics here are taken with a point and shoot. hehe. you're too generous with your compliments, james. thank you. =)
Sirnicolay said at 3:25 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Generous with compliments... Not really.. I'm actually very, very fair in judging and giving comments.. Must be the teacher side of me. :)
Erich said at 4:05 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Fragile beauties-fantastic.
Sirnicolay said at 4:37 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thanks, Rainer :)
Welshchick said at 9:38 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you for permitting us to wallow with you in all of this beauty~ :^) Congratulations!
Sirnicolay said at 9:46 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you, Rhonda :)
Marcif said at 10:03 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Beautiful butterfly images with great color! Interesting lighting. I like the butterflies against the screen or netting; it gives a neat effect. I think you saved the best for last, but it's hard to pick a fave.
Northof40 said at 10:12 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Great set and cool Tabb....Congrats on the TOD
Sirnicolay said at 10:12 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you, Marci! Yes, it's pretty hard to pick which one I like best.. Maybe that's the reason why I posted so many of them! Haha!
Chaitiamma said at 10:16 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Very very GOOD TABBLO !!!!!
Sirnicolay said at 10:27 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you, David! :)
Candlepower said at 10:54 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Outstanding Tabblo! Congratulations on TOD.
Sirnicolay said at 10:57 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you! I feel so honored and humbled that my work is TOD. I've been here for only three days.. :) Woohoo! :) Thank you guys, so much! :)
Joaqy said at 11:40 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
SirNicolay: You have shown great creativity with this Tabblo. And in such a short period of time you have mastered it well. Excellent!. A deserving TOD. ANd oh, the images are spectacular! ^_^
Sirnicolay said at 11:59 a.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Wow! BIG BIG compliment, there, Joaqy! I can't thank you enough! :) You've been an inspiration in the past few days.. Idol! :) I learned a lot just by looking at the different Tabblos here in the site.. I feel very very honored, amazed, and humbled.. Thank you, thank you :)
Bethe27 said at 12:40 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Wow and totally WOW. Your pictures are magnificent....well deserved Congratulations on Tabblo of the Day!!! All are favorites!!!!!
Sirnicolay said at 12:51 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you, Bethe :)
Andre. said at 1:16 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Beautiful composition.
Sirnicolay said at 1:17 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thanks, Andre! :)
21-gramm said at 1:24 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Cong on TOD! Exellent!!
Wflorence said at 1:27 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
WOW, you got Tabblo of the Day. Good stuff!!!
Sirnicolay said at 1:31 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thanks, Bill and Den :)
EMA said at 1:40 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Stunning tabblo! The photos are wonderful and the words simply beautiful. Congratulations on the deserved TOD!
Paolo said at 3:18 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
very beautiful!!!!
Ira said at 4:32 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Fine! Fascinating colours!
Noe said at 4:44 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Fantastic photos... Beautiful contrast and colors! =)
Sirnicolay said at 6:30 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Edite, Paolo, Ira, and Noe: thank you so much! ☺
Cutthroatannabellee said at 6:56 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
soooooo pretty. the high contrast is great
Snooway said at 7:31 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Congrats on TOD, very beautiful butterflies and quotes
Sirnicolay said at 7:39 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you, Annabelle and Sue :)
Siagian said at 10:05 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
these pix are fantastic! the quotes are brilliant as well. a well deserved TOD! congrats! =)
Sirnicolay said at 10:10 p.m. on Apr 21, 2008:
Thank you, Woody! :)
Pkeener said at 2:19 a.m. on Apr 22, 2008:
Hey James. I was transfixed by this. every shot, the composition, the quotes. a good book is as marvelous a s a butterfly in flight. wow. TOD indeed. a fave for me
Sirnicolay said at 2:25 a.m. on Apr 22, 2008:
Thank you so much, Pam. :) Your humbling praise will inspire me to keep thinking out of the box for every tabblo I will make. Thank you! :)
Wahoogin said at 9:59 a.m. on Apr 22, 2008:
Wow, great shots - love the second one.
Sirnicolay said at 10:45 a.m. on Apr 22, 2008:
Thanks, Ginny.. :) Yes, the second one is one of my top faves here in this collection :)
Debdog said at 12:50 p.m. on Apr 23, 2008:
oh! how'd I miss THIS!!!! BEAUTIFUL>>>congrats on tod so MANY exqisite images here...a fav ;)
Sirnicolay said at 8:24 p.m. on Apr 23, 2008:
Thank you, Deb :)
ConnieL said at 11:50 a.m. on Apr 24, 2008:
Beautiful...so glad you decided to 'wallow in it's overratedness'! I don't believe you can ever get enough of these beautiful 'flying flowers'. Congratulations on TOD!
Sirnicolay said at 2:01 p.m. on Apr 24, 2008:
Thanks, Connie! :)
Memotions said at 9:19 p.m. on Apr 24, 2008:
Absolutely breathtaking collection of photos. I love the time you took to carefully choose quotes to go with your photos. It gives you something to think about as you browse through the Tabblo. Just superb!
Sirnicolay said at 10:46 p.m. on Apr 24, 2008:
Thank you, Patty! :)
Sativa said at 11:34 a.m. on Apr 25, 2008:
Marvelous butterfly collection & tabblo...!!!! GREAT job !
Sirnicolay said at 1:36 p.m. on Apr 25, 2008:
Thank you, Finn! :)
Tishfish said at 8:30 a.m. on Apr 28, 2008:
Wonderful ! ! ! ! ! !
Sirnicolay said at 8:55 a.m. on Apr 28, 2008:
Thanks, Doreen! :)
Hollyridger said at 11:40 a.m. on Apr 29, 2008:
Truly professional presentation - great sharp shots, well done...
Sirnicolay said at 12:30 p.m. on Apr 29, 2008:
Thanks, Noreen! :)
William44 said at 2:53 p.m. on Apr 29, 2008:
Excellent work.......
OscarDaniel said at 3:51 p.m. on Apr 29, 2008:
Great job congratulations
Sirnicolay said at 7:56 p.m. on Apr 29, 2008:
Thanks, Bill and Oscar! :)
SharkMom said at 8:22 p.m. on May 1, 2008:
Loved your butterflies! Beautiful!!
Sirnicolay said at 9:18 p.m. on May 1, 2008:
Thank you :)
Gerardfotografeert said at 6:24 p.m. on May 31, 2008:
Wow how great. You've made an awesome job with this tabblo. Excellent photo's, beautiful!
Sirnicolay said at 2:45 a.m. on Jun 4, 2008:
Thank you, Gerard :)
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