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It's Poly X's "Re-birthday"!
It's Poly X's "Re-birthday"!
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Challenge: Pet Portrait II (Advanced Editing V*)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM
Location: Micco, Florida
Date: Dec 6, 2006
Aperture: F/8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/50
Galleries: Nature, Macro
Date Uploaded: Dec 7, 2006

 Those of you following the recent 30 Day Pet Portrait thread may recognize Poly X.


The rest of you, I suspect, will dock me for having such an unconventional pet.

“Poly X” (taken from the species name Papilio polyxenes or Eastern Black Swallowtail) pupated on October 28 and has been resting comfortably on my computer atop a soft bed of cotton. Yesterday (December 6th) he emerged and I placed him in my garden to dry his wings; where it was discovered that he is, indeed, a “He”. After the photo shoot, I logged on to see this challenge! It’s almost as though he was waiting for just the right moment.

I don’t mind that this shot will get hammered in the voting. I have gotten great satisfaction from watching this amazing process take place on my desktop; so much so that I have a fresh new crop of eggs hatching as I type.

Statistics
Place: 245 out of 378
Avg (all users): 5.2530
Avg (commenters): 5.2727
Avg (participants): 5.1280
Avg (non-participants): 5.3750
Views since voting: 849
Views during voting: 376
Votes: 253
Comments: 14
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 01/11/2007 11:01:37 AM
I agree with Tim. I think its awesome that you took such interest that it captured you so completely. You know its good, what ever it may be, if it touched your heart. Kudos! as they say... haha
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 12/21/2006 06:54:42 AM
I was so pleased to see this image in the challenge. Really a shame that not more people knew who this was and what she had gone through to get to this place. There were alot of pictures in this challenge that I said "ooooh" to but this was the only one where I said "Yayyyy!!!". Great job and I am looking forward to the next round of Poly's!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/19/2006 01:05:48 PM
a strange pet to have, but a great photo of it none the less.
crisp and clear.
great DOF.
Good luck.
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 12/19/2006 07:26:00 AM
Nice shot, but....A Pet butterfly ?
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 12/18/2006 03:10:51 PM
3 - Wish the face was sharper for this Challenge.
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 12/17/2006 04:40:31 PM
Nice macro shot, beautiful butterfly 7
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 12/16/2006 08:16:43 AM
Outstanding shot!!! Great title, too! One of my favorite so far in this challenge. 9
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 12/15/2006 12:01:55 PM
You have a pet butterfly. Really? A butterfly? Really?
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 12/14/2006 03:02:20 PM
you have a butterfly as a pet? how long do they live???
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 12/14/2006 12:44:08 PM
I bet you are getting a lot of "no pet" type comments...
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 12/14/2006 05:57:57 AM
Lovely wings, but is this a pet?
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 12/13/2006 03:30:43 PM
Yayyy Poly-X!!! I was wondering whatever became of her. Congrats!
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 12/13/2006 10:48:51 AM
Too cool :-) Poly X looks wonderful this way. Congrats on his successful transformation.
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 12/13/2006 05:00:34 AM
nice shot, but not a pet.
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