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My first butterfly


My first butterfly
Information sur la photo
Copyright: Mark Galea (magal) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 224 W: 0 N: 313] (1241)
Genre: Animals
Média: Couleur
Date de prise de vue: 2006-04-16
Catégories: Insects
Exposition: f/3.2, 1/800 secondes
More Photo Info: [view]
Versions: version originale, Workshop
Date de soumission: 2006-04-17 5:20
Vue: 1045
Points: 10
[Ligne directrice - Note] Note du photographe
The painted lady is a migrant butterfly that shows up in spring to grace our valleys with its beauty. it seems to prefare thistles and nettle. I took a few shots of this specimen late in the afternoon - this may be the reason why it did not flit off every time I approached it.

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A peter_stoeckl: Vanessa carduimagal 2 04-19 08:32
A coasties: painted ladymagal 1 04-18 03:25
A phlr: Nymphalidaemagal 2 04-17 06:49
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Very good photo of this beautiful Nymphalidae!
Excellent POV with wings open!
Very good on colours and details!
Very good DOF too!
5* and TFS!

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  • pgmoni Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 342 W: 95 N: 610] (2556)
  • [2006-04-17 14:19]

Very nice. The colors come out perfect the image is bright and sharp and the composition is great.
Are you sure the Painted Lady is a migrant in your country ? I would have thought it breeds there and migrates north. Your picture interestingly shows it on thistle, which is the food plant of its caterpillar. Maybe it was egg-laying ?...

Hi Mark

A lovely shot. Good POV. Nicely saturated colours. Tack sharp with good clarity. Nice work. :-)

Hello Mark,
very pretty and perfectly focussed shot of Vanessa cardui,
in a very typical pose of visiting its "native" plant.
Beautiful light, showing the fine iridescent greenish colours against the base of wings very well.
A bit more saturation of colours and contrast added by postwork might be tried as that could further increase the impact of this crisp and clear picture. Also a little bit of cropping at the lower border and the right border might further increase the concentration on the butterfly.
I tried a little workshop to test my suggestions - please have a look, maybe you find it useful.
Yor picture is a very good "starter" - high quality contribution!
Thank you. Best regards,
Peter

Wow, your first butterfly photo is beautiful. I love the plant it's sitting on, it provides such texture and interesting shapes. The butterfly's colors really stand out well, clear, sharp with good light and focus, excellent work.

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