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Red-base Jezebel – Pre-TN


Red-base Jezebel – Pre-TN
Photo Information
Copyright: MY Wong (Seabird) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 140 W: 0 N: 244] (935)
Genre: Animals
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2008-01-13
Categories: Insects
Camera: Fujifilm Finepix f40fd
Exposure: f/2.8, 1/150 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2008-08-05 0:25
Viewed: 221
Points: 9
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Dear all,

This is my first photo on insects at TN. I have never learned how to take photos of insects, birds and animals.

So, I am going to do a little experiment here: I am going to post two to three photos on insects, which were taken lightheartedly with my small camera along the hilly path to the Peak of Hong Kong over the past 1-2 years. I call them Pre-TN. And, then, from this weekend onwards, I will start taking photos on insects and hopefully, birds, more seriously, drawing references and pointers from all the great photographers at TN. And let’s see if there are any differences on Post-TN photos. : ) Hahaha, it’s like those body-slimming ads. (pre-and post-result)

However, I do have one very serious limitation – my macro is at 90mm only. So, perhaps, I still need to wait for sometimes (probably after my graduation early next year) before I can invest my money on a zoom lens of up to 200-400mm range. Anyway, I am really happy to learn from all of you here – thank you for being very helpful and encouraging. All of you are my good mentors in photography! Thank you so much!

Btw, Red-base Jezebel has a very beautiful name in Chinese. It’s called報喜斑粉蝶, which means, it is a messenger delivering a piece of happy news.

This butterfly is very common and can be seen all year round in Hong Kong. The population of this butterfly species will suddenly increase in winter. It is much less frequently seen in summer.

Chrs,
Man Yee


More on Hong Kong butterflies
http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/green/butterfly/en/index.php

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delias_aglaia
Delias aglaia, the Redbase Jezebel is a medium sized butterfly of the Family Pieridae, that is, the Yellows and Whites. The species is found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia.

Distribution
Nepal; Sikkim, Assam, Myanmar, Tenasserim; to the south extending through the Malay Peninsula to Borneo; to the east through the Shan States to Siam and S. China


Male

Upperside: black. Fore wing with more or less distinct, somewhat diffuse, broad streaks from base, in the discoidal cell and interspaces 1 and 2, the streak in the last the most produced; a white oval spot at lower apex of cell traversed by the lower discocellular, followed by a subterminal series of greyish-white hastate markings with their points turned inwards, the markings opposite the apex of the wing elongate and shifted a little inwards. Hind wing: a broad subbasal transverse greyish-white band merged posteriorly in a large bright yellow dorsal patch that fills the apical two-thirds, the extreme apex excepted, of interspaces 1a, 1, and of 2; a white transversely elongate spot along the middle discocellular and beyond it a postdiscal curved series of greyish-white elongate hastate spots in interspaces 3 to 7.

Underside: black. Fore wing: somewhat elongate greyish-white markings in interspaces 1, 2, 3 and in cell, formed into a conspicuous oblique broad bar across the middle of the wing; a white spot at lower apex of cell and a postdiscal series of hastate spots as on the upperside. Hind wing: black, a rich dark crimson patch at base, a yellow dorsal patch as on the upperside but darker; the apical two-thirds of the cell, three spots above it and one below at bases of interspaces 3, 6 and 7 respectively and a curved discal series of elongate spots beyond apex of cell, rich chrome-yellow; of these latter spots the spot in interspace 5 is much the longest. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen above black, abdomen on the sides and below grey.

Female

Upperside: brownish black. Fore wing: markings as in the male, but the cellular streak and the streaks in interspaces 1 and 2 below the cell short and formed into a broken oblique broad greyish-white band across the wing. Hind wing: markings similar to those in the male, but the basal crimson patch of the underside seen through by transparency, the transverse broad subbasal band and dorsal patch both pale yellow and much broader than in the male, and the postdiscal curved series of hastate spots obscure and ill-defined. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen as in the male, the abdomen whitish grey below and on the sides.
Wing expanse is 66-90 mm.
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Ciao Man Yee,
bellissima macro di questa bellissima farfalla, ottimo POV, IMHO l'originale posizione dell'immagine è la più naturale, molto buona la definizione, belli e naturali i colori.
TFS. Maurizio

You did well with a 90mm macro..The long lens macros are all that I can afford both in time, money and patience..Some tube conversion kits are way too bulky and confusing for me. This way you got close-in enough...Perhaps since you're in medicine...I had a friend once who took a class at Rochester School of Photography in NY...in Medical Photography. It was very intense...and a hard course but I wonder if you haev any such thing over there?
Bob

Hello,

Good idea, you can look the improvement over time. For the photo, the butterfly is quite focused, well-saturated colors. But what disturbs me most is the background that I do not aesthetics.

For macro lenses, if you do not have much money to buy one, you can try a Kenko Auto Extension Tube Set. It is relatively not too expensive. But, you lose light. It also has a 50mm f/1.4 or f/1.8 reversed on another lens that allows you to go very close insects / flowers (like my pistil photo, 105mm with 50mm inverted) Otherwise, something really cheap if you are good with your hands http://photocritic.org/macro-photography-on-a-budget/ (very cheap extension tube)
Good luck
Eric

Hello Man Yee. I like your idea of Pre-TN post and learning from the critiques for a more serious job. What you have here is a very pleasant framing of this butterfly. The image is a tad out of focus and with proper metering, the background could have been more muted. The perspective and perch is really good for a butterfly post. Best regards. Jusni

Ciao Man Yee, congratulations for your first splendid butterfly, I never see this beauty, thanks, great capture with wonderful colors, very well done, ciao Silvio

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