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Published: 2003-09-17 04:10:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 1662; Favourites: 33; Downloads: 526
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life in a jar is no way to live folks
everything deserves to be free
(and this one was set free 
)
mary
(FULL VIEW if you can stand to really see her
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Yeah, I've sold an amazing 2 prints.... but even that makes me happy. I just wish I knew who it was. Somebody with a foot fetish because those are the two that sold
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love to bits and pieces: captivity in a jar.
fav.
butterflies are beautiful.
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this is so tragically ironic it hurts - there is soemthing inside me, while looking at this, makes me want to scream out to the world at the top of my lungs, not that it would have any impact what-so-ever because thats the way society is. i love the use of negative space in this, which lets the reflections of the glass stand out against the firm, black lines. something that i noticed was the heavyness of the base of the glass. there is absolutely no escape from where this butterfly is. such a fragile creature can do nothing but lie there, wasting energy. it cant help itself and has to depend on someone to set it free. that almost brings a tear to my eye. it can see everything beautiful outside of the glass but cant get to it, yet the true beauty lies withing the glass. i think i am confusing myself. sorry. a stunning image - simple, yet with so much meaning behind it
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beautiful!! just beautiful!! 
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Oh my god, how do you make everything look so beautiful. I can't stress how much I LOVE your work. I think you are one of if not the most exciting artist on this website. Period.
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The butterfly looks so sad in this one as compared to the butterflies in the other photos. Or maybe everyone's just projecting their own feelings onto it. It's good to know they were set free afterward
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that's the way i feel sometimes... 
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thank you so much for your positivity 
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you are very welcome!
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i really like this one. i think its my favorite out of the shoot. you did an awesome job capturing these moments.
~Anne
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i really like this one. i think its my favorite out of the shoot. you did an awesome job capturing these moments.
~Anne
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I m actually afraid of butterfiles! but this is beautiful!... good choice with the white background... it really brightens up the photo very much! beautiful series!!
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beatifyl shot, the butterfly against the plain background looks awesome!
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sorry, i can't bear the full view. love the concept though. and the picture's done with such grace.
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I love how you can just barely see the glass container and the white bg really pulls it off!
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good to hear it was set free
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beautiful, tender and so fragile...supergood contrast and coloursetting
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Wonderful, and very simplistic, which is what brings out the beauty in it all, a sad one, nonetheless....
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Well, again...not usually my type of thing...but I have to say this is very cool!
And your reflection isn't in it...bravo!
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White! very nice. Contrasts with the red of the monarch. I hope you didn't keep it in there too long!
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great capture! her body is so cool looking.
emotional shot.
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Poor thing, it looks depressed, head down and everything...and no wonder, being trapped in there...
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Awww! You mean evil person!
Thank goodness you set her free after this!
I really like the concept of the butterfly being trapped in the glass. Very expressive.
And its coloration contrasts the background beautifully.
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it's wonderful to see fine art photography meet commercial design sense, managing to retain true emotion.
amazing concept, beautifully expressive work,
you rock Mary
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it was quite miserable working with those butterflies from the breeder - they were human born and raised from eggs in containers so they barely knew how to flew very far but just a bit- it was fun to get to hold them and model them and have them cooperate so as long as you had fruit - but in the end - the trapped i just had to say out loud - i have one looking out a window in that series too in my gallery and its just perfection. i was touched by that series by the humanity of tiny creatures adn the first microscopic like macros i've done. full view just is like "whoa -well hello" like a creature from the Disney flick A Bug's Life!
you are lovely to leave me such sweet comments and pop by. 
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wow i love the whole series with the butterfly, but this has got to be my favorite. it is just......fantastic beautiful lovely amazing. GREAT work. i love the colors.
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Love the photo Mary 
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love the contrast b/w the background and the monarch! Fantastic!
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this evoked feelings of sadness and anger,
why do people think they have the right to put animals in zoos just we can gawk and stare at them all day...
beautiful photography, and it is meaningful as well.
great work
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I love simple meaningful pictures, yours has that feeling. It reminds me of the matrix in a wierd way
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I'm so glad you let it free.
Awsome picture. I like it. The butterfly looks so helpless
It's kinda sad.
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so simple. But i like whole white in your pic. It makes the 
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...picture is nice... but I'd love to see it free...
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wow... i am speechless... i especially love how the conteur of the glass blends in with the background... I think you can even push it more... very delicate...
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thank you and SO GOOD to hear from my inspiring photo friend!!!
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It's good to know that you set the butterflies free
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This whole series is sweet but I think I like this one the most. It's so simple but it speaks directly, the message is clear. The positioning of the butterfly is so sad, it's almost like it's too weak to stand from lack of exercise. Reminds me of zoos, which I can't stand going to, and the animals weaving in the cages. 
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i have a hard time enjoying the zoo too
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Such a strong an emotive photo...
This means a lot to met rite now....
Thanx for submitting this, it made my day
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Poor little butterfly. It looks so dejected.
I'm so glad you set them free.
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Aww, I love this one. The glass really adds something to the shot (rather than an ugly jar or something.)
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I've never felt sorry for butterflies until viewing your butterfly series...
This is so wonderful! I love it!
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I love the whole white effect added with the beautiful colors of the butterfly. She does deserve to be set free and im glad u did
Beautiful capture.
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