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©2007-2008 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires - please see my CC Terms of Use before considering using this image for any personal or commercial use [link]---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Although one does not immediately associate butterflies with the beauty of the Himalayas - there is a small Indian state called Sikkim who boasts 700 species of them, which is about half the total number of butterfly species recorded in India.
------------ *PLEASE FULL VIEW!* The original is sized 8"x45"
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Hey, can I add this to the loveSIKHI group gallery. The Himalayas are a special place to us. You will be provided with a link back to your account. You can also become a member if you wish ^^
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I was searching Tibet and I found butterflys,
^-^,
This makes me happy.
This image is beautiful it reminded me of a drawing I did, "traveling the dream landscape" In my eatin-yellow-flowers ID
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I was searching Tibet and I found butterflys,
^-^,
This makes me happy.
This image is beautiful it reminded me of a drawing I did, "traveling the dream landscape" In my eatin-yellow-flowers ID
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i'm sorry, maybe i'm a stalker
but where do you get your inspirations from?
i'm so jealous...
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WOW! 
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I'm in love with your works... faved too many already...
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Congrats!!!
You've been chosen for the '2006 Visual Art Feature'!
This deviation is in the feature (my last journal entry) : [link]
Please check it to view other's art! You'll be amazed, and this will make you discover new artists!
Hope this will bring you more views, favs and devwatches!!
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This would be absolutely amazing if you made a panoramic version.
-Brendan
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wow, that's amazing! i love the colors, the elegance!
gorgeous work.
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so AMAZING! I love butterflies.. i add it to my favourite.. you're the first one
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That's amazing about the butterflies of India! I wish I could see them. This is a wonderful image.
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Thank you very much Kettricken!
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Excellent work!!
This composition is fantastic! such a beautiful layout and lots of interesting details. it is nice that you have used the colours of the rainbow.
the butterflies floating in the wind add a great effect.
this is definately a favourite.
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Thank you so much! Oddly enough, I was just looking through your stock before you stopped by my page - getting all kinds of ideas for a new piece!! 
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already commented on this one,
you must read a lot
or
are older than I think
or
just well versed in a lot of information that others may ot find not find very interesting, but then you never know. Like where did you pick up the information on the b-flys in Sikkim?
Hey, I have a small story, a true event that I want to send in a note and the question is:
Have you evr experienced anything like,this?
Please read the tale in the note sent
dJ
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Heheh - I read. A lot. And I'm a voracious research hound. I get an idea in my head, I'm off and running to the books and literature to study what I'm thinking about. I'm 35... feel 25.... and think it's just my nature, and not age, that always keeps me quizzical.
I originally began this piece, thinking of the girl with ribbons trailing, the mountains - and perhaps birds flitting about. I knew I wanted this to be in the Himalayas, so I started reading up on the wildlife in the area. I didn't want to put birds that were technically *not* in the Himalayas... perhaps nitpicky on my part, but that is how it is. Heheh. Well, upon studying up on this, I just stumbled across a small piece written about Sikkim, and was totally fascinated to hear about the butterflies there! I knew instantly that I needed to change my original idea, and incorporate the butterflies. Now, technically - I have no idea what species of butterflies I have in my picture, or which ones reside in Sikkim... but I figured I could let that slide, since with 700 species there... I was at the very least representing some of them with the stock I found. lol
As for the note, you have me intrigued! I'll go read my notes now...
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do you use a mac or pc? 
My typical answer is: I dunno
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lol, I'm on a laptop PC at the moment, but it's wicked powerful. I got it specifically to do my art, so it *had* to have a massive graphics card... so everything looks pretty sweet on it. As for basic PC's at a school and such, hmmm - I dunno either. 
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The first thing I ever read about a month said, apple/macintosh computers have never had a virus,' and it went on to explain why. They extremely satble any very rarely crash, but that is not 100%. they rarely freeze but that has more to do with RAM and a number of other things like, well, never mind. Graphic wise, that is what they were built for, primarily, in the first place. Anyway, Macs rule
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!!
that made me swear several times.
AMAZING.
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LOL!!!
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I absolutely LOVE this piece, it's so wild and free! Lovely work!
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Thank you!!! It makes me smile every time I look at it. Almost like I can feel the clean, crisp air rushing by...
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wow it's absolutely beautiful. you wont believe this but my sister and i are nepalese, from the himalaya area. yeah.. that's my sister in the picture
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Oh wow - that is so cool!!! I love knowing that it is your sister! I'm totally honored that you like this piece. Pure inspiration from the pose she has in that stock photo.
I hope to do more soon!
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Excellent, love the format and the use of colours. Really like the transition from warm to cold in this piece. Love it!
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Thank you so much Tao!! I love that you can feel that transition from warm to cold.
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wow amazing! and the resolution is realy great! i like that scroling ad the colors are awesome
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You did a really good work here. You deserve fav on this DigiDeviation
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Awww, thank you so much!! That means a lot to me.
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